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foliaj^e, but if frost happens to check the growth of 

 the hiiddiiij^ branches in the fiill-j4ro\vn bush, or if 

 lire singes tliem, tlie slnnib at once puts forth a 



sliort sprout of trefoil 

 leaves at the injured 

 point, as though revert- 

 ing in its trouble to 

 its infantile nature. 



In No. 3 we see the 

 third stage in the up- 

 ward evolution of the 

 babv gorse. Here, 

 the see Uing begins to 

 outgrow its childish 

 trefoil stage, and to 

 prepare itself for the 

 repellent prickliness 

 of its armed manhood. 

 You will observe in 

 this case that the 

 outer and lower leaves 

 have still three leaflets 

 apiece, but that the 

 upper and imier ones 

 — that is to say, the 

 youngest and latest 

 produced — have the 

 form of singU' long 

 blades, like those of the bn)oin bush. As vet. 

 these solitary leaves are also unarnu-d : thev do 

 not end in sharp points like the later fohage, and 

 they cannot pierce or wound the tender noses of 



NO. 3. 



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