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ETON NATURE-STUDY 



Look once more at the cut end, Label : 



and trace the ring as it is con- Your drawing, and put in 

 tinued in section up the stem and details as you proceed with the 

 see if you can find a branch of it lesson 

 running into a leaf 

 Answer the question : What is this branch ? 



Note. Refer to your work 

 upon the fall of leaf (see page 

 52). 



(3) Cut a leaf stalk across. 



Describe : 



(a) Its shape 



(/>) The number of branches 

 from the wood of the stem 

 which appear 

 How are these arranged ? 



Make : 



A diagram 



(4) Discover how it is that a 

 bud forms the compact struc- 

 ture that it does, and what 

 happens when the bud 



"to open." 



FIGURE 120. The section of a Cabbage bud 

 showing the connection between the 

 leaves and the stem. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER WORK 



Carefully open the buds of the horse chestnut in order to compare 

 them with the cabb'age. 



