v.] RELATION OF LEAVES TO BRANCHES. 1 13 



much space is wasted. On the other hand, if we 

 place the leaves of the Maple on the stalk of a 

 Spanish Chestnut at the points from which the leaves 

 of Chestnut came off, as in Fig. 71, we shall see that 

 the stalks are useless, and even mischievous as a 

 cause of weakness and of waste of space; while, on 

 the other hand, if we omit the stalks, or shorten them 

 to the same length as those of the Chestnut, as in 

 Fig. 72, the leaves would greatly overlap one another. 



Fig. 71. — Maple leaves on Chestnut. 



Once more, for leaves 

 gentle swell at the base 

 crown of leaves such as 

 would be wasted, and it 

 pand at once as soon as 

 free from those within, 

 leave a triangular space 

 the stalk at the apex 

 designed to leave room 

 within. 



arranged as in the Beech the 

 is admirably suited ; but in a 

 those of the Sycamore, space 

 is better that they should ex- 

 their stalks have borne them 

 Moreover, the spreading lobes 

 (Fig. 69) with the insertion of 

 which seems as if expressly 

 for the pointed end of the leaf 



