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portion of it. If the various parts of a bud were 

 disconnected, one by one, if the delicate arrange- 

 ment were once undone, what ringers would be clever 

 enough to put it together again? The principal 

 leaves lend themselves to a thousand different modes 

 of arrangement in order to occupy the least space 

 possible. They take in the bud the form of a cor- 

 net ; or they roll themselves up in a scroll, sometimes 

 from one edge only, sometimes from both; or they 

 fold up lengthwise or crosswise; or they may roll 

 up into little balls, or crumple up, or fold like a fan. ' ' 



