THE SHOOT. 



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mon among the cone-hearing trees. In these plants the 

 short branches carry the ckisters of needle leaves (^figs. 10 1, 



Fig. ioi. — A shoot of Scotch pine shoeing two regions of dwarf branches each with a 

 pair of needle lea\'es, and three regions of flower branches ; the flowers ha\'e fallen 

 from lower two, showing scale lea\es covering the stem. Natural size. — After Will- 

 komm, 



102, 35SJ. After the death of the leaves the branches 

 themselves drop off. Somewhat similar short branches are 



