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J^SSSOIfS WITS PLANTS 



54. If the pupil will examine the opening buds 

 which he meets, he will observe that the bud- 

 scales soon fall away in most cases. Let him 

 examine even the leaf-like scales of the pear and 



maple with this state- 

 ment in mind. It will 

 soon be seen that, 

 although leaves and 

 bud-scales are different 

 forms of one type of 

 plant member, the bud- 

 scales are not often 

 destined to perform the 

 office of leaves. That 

 is, the same member 

 may be adapted to dif- 

 erent uses. The pupil 

 must now determine for 

 himself what the bud- 

 scales are for; and he 

 will be interested in 

 discovering the evident 

 office of the hairs, 

 wool and gum with 

 which they are often furnished. 



55. The shoot in Fig. 50 has other points of 

 interest. It bears a cluster of flowers, but this 

 cluster is borne upon a leafy shoot. That 



Pig. 53. 

 Flowering shoot of the quince. 



