172 SFLVAN WINTER. 



the ramification. That the winter buds should be 

 so large will not occasion any surprise, when it is 

 stated that each bud contains in embryo, not 



Liohen- covered Hawthorn. 



merely one large leaf of the following season, 



but a whole shoot, with several leaves and flowers. 



A lichen -incrusted, thorny, and picturesque speci- 



