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HOW PLANTH (JHOW YKAH AFTKR YEAR. 





torn of ench Iriif, wliicli is oiilnrj^'od or tliifkoncd for contninin^ it. TI1080 

 loiif-hiiHes, orHCHles,(M()\v(l«'(l t();,'«'tlu'r, iimk«' up t lie bull) ; all hut its very. short 

 concoaled within, wliich ln'ai'H these s(•al(^s above, and sends down the roots 

 underneath. F'v^. O7 shows one f)f the leaves of tlie season, taken 

 ofT, with its base cut across, that the thickness may be seen. After 

 liavin^ done its wo'^c, the blade dies off, leaNin;,' tlit^ thick base as 

 H bulb scale. Kver\ year one or more buds in the centre of the 

 bulb ^row, feeding' on the food laid up in tho scales, and making 

 the stalk of the season, which beai's the (lowers, ns in Fi^'. i, 2. 



78. An Onion is lik(! a Lily bulb, only each scale or leaf ba.se 

 is so wide that it enwraps all within, making coat after coat. 



thick 



stem, 



from 



Hiilb aii<l lower Lnives of a I.IIy. 



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 Jjiaf, lower t'lid cut off. 



79. In shrubs and trees a ^resit (juantity of nourishment, made the summer 

 before, is stored up in theyoun,<; wood ,an<l bark of tho shoots, the trunk, and the 

 roots. Upon this the buds feed the next spi-ing ; an<l this enables them to develop 

 vi<(orously, and clothe the luUu'd l)raiu'hes \\ ith folia^'e iu a few days ; or with 

 blossoms immediately following,', as in the Horse-chestnut; or with blossoms and 

 folia<jfe together, as in Sugai- Maple; or with blossoms before tlu^ lea\es appear, 

 as in Red Maples and PJlms. The rich mucilaoe of the bark of Slippery Ehn, 

 and the sweet sprinjj sap of Maple -trees, Ixdong to this store, deposited in the 

 wood the previous summer, and in syiring dissolved and I'apidly drawn into the 

 buds, to supply the early and sudden leafing and blossoming. 



80. In considering plants, a.s to *' how they grow," it should be noticed that all of 

 them, from the lily of the field to the tree of the forest, teach the same lesson of 

 industry and provident preparation. No great result is attained without effort, and 



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