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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 awa5'. 



The arrangement of leaves in the bud is called verna- 

 tion; some of the principal modes are shown in Fig. 56. 



Fig. 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 



