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mens be examined at the very earliest opening of 

 the buds. 



59. If we turn again to the lilac (Fig. 8), 

 we shall see that the leaves are trough-shaped, 

 and an examination of the bursting buds will 



Pig. 56. 

 Expanding shoot of honeysuckle. 



Fig. 57. 

 Conduplicate leaves of peach. 



confirm our observation. Fig. 57 is an open- 

 ing shoot of the peach. Here the halves of the 

 leaves are perfectly closed together, and as they 

 open they become trough-shaped, as in the lilac. 

 Examine, also, the opening buds of the common 

 sweet cherry of the gardens. This is a condup- 

 licate or trough -like method of folding. 



60. Turning again to Fig. 50, we observe 

 that the leaves of the maple (5, 6) are pressed 



