CHAPTER VIII 
BROAD-LEAVED TREES HAVING COMPOUND LEAVES 
The beginner is often in doubt as to whether a twig 
with several leaves is a compound leaf or a number of 
simple leaves. This is a very easy thing to decide. At 
the end of the leaf stem, where the leaf joins 
the twig or branch, is always a little bud. 
When the leaf drops off in the fall 
the bud remains, and in the spring 
begins to swell and finally _ 
develops into a leaf. This oe 
bud then is the promise of 
next year’s leaf, and it is \ 
always found at the base of \ 
the leaf stem, as shown at 
A. Thereis no such bud at 
the base of the leaflet onthe Fic. 97. Method of distinguishing 
Compound and Simple Leaves 
compound leaf, as shown at 
B. Tf then we find no bud at B, we must look farther 
down until we discover it at C. This furnishes the test 
and we know that our specimen is a compound leaf. 
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