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the magnifying glass and then with the lowest power of the micro- 
scope. Pick to pieces other buds of the same kinds under the mag- 
nifying glass, and report upon the manner in which the leaves are 
packed away. 
The arrangement of leaves in the bud is called verna- 
tion; some of the principal modes are shown in Fig. 56. 
Fic. 56. Types of Vernation. 
1, 2, cherry; 3,4, European walnut; 5,6, snowball; 7, lady’s 
mantle; 8, oxalis. 
In the cherry the two halves of the leaf are folded 
together flat, with the under surfaces outward; in the 
walnut the separate leaflets, or parts of the leaf, are folded 
flat and then grouped into a sort of cone; in the snowball 
