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down into the earth, send ont branches there, and 

 become the root. At the point marked g is a com- 

 pact bunch of tiny leaves, all white, 

 forming a kind of bud, but one that is 

 much feebler and more delicate than 

 buds that grow on branches. It is 

 called a gemmule. This bud will un- 

 fold and send forth the first leaves. 

 Finally, the narrow line of demarca- 

 tion between the radicle and the gem- 

 mule is called the tigella, and from it 

 the trunk of the tree will take its start. Such is the 

 almond-tree in its seed. The large tree that will 

 send out a mass of branches and foliage into the air 

 and thrust powerful roots into the ground is now 

 contained in an insignificant corpuscle just large 

 enough to be seen." 



Embryo of Almond 

 Tree 



