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LEAVES AND BUDS. 



in size, and the scaly sheath persists around the base of each two- 

 leaved dwarf shoot. When the shoot stops growing in length, it shows 

 at the tip a terminal resting- bud and a circle of lateral resting-buds 



Fig. 52. Scots Pine. 



A, Bud beginning to open ; B, Longitudinal Section of End-Bud (a Side-Bud is shown 

 on i iglit, a Cone on left) ; C, Diagram of Longitudinal Section of Bud ; D, Young 

 Dwarf Shoot. 



just below it, ready for next year's growth. The lateral resting-buds 

 grow out just like the terminal one, at first growing more or less 

 parallel with it, but later bending away from it. 



QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER VI. 



1. What do you consider the essential characters of the foliage- 

 leaves of a green plant, i.e. the characters in which all or nearly all 

 leaves you know agree ? How are these features of leaves of service 

 to the plant? 



