CHAPTER VIII 



BROAD-LEAVED TREES HAVING COMPOUND LEAVES 



The beginner is often in doubt as to whether a twig 

 with several leaves is a compound leaf or a number of 

 simple leaves. This is a very easy thing to decide. At 

 the end of the leaf stem, where the leaf joins 

 the twig or branch, is always a little bud. 

 When the leaf drops off in the fall 

 the bud remains, and in the spring 

 begins to swell and finally 

 develops into a leaf. This 

 bud then is the promise of 

 next year's leaf, and it is 

 always found at the base of 

 the leaf stem, as shown at 



A. There is no such bud at 

 the base of the leaflet on the 

 compound leaf, as shown at 



B. If then we find no bud at #, we must look farther 

 down until we discover it at <7. This furnishes the test 

 and we know that our specimen is a compound leaf. 



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FIG. 97. Method of distinguishing 

 Compound and Simple Leaves 



