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MANUAL OF NATURE STUDY. 
Which has the greater store of nourishment? 
Why should that be so ? What becomes of the 
scaly covering as the bud unfolds ? Watch closely 
the hickory bud so as to know what is done with 
the scales. Do the outer coverings of all buds 
do as the hickory scales do ? What change in 
color of the outer covering in the cherry 
or apple buds? Where is the flower bud 
found in cherry? Examine both lateral and 
terminal buds and note that the latter as a rule do 
not bear flowers, but leaves. Put twigs in a jar of 
water and watch the flowers come out from the 
lateral, but not often from the terminal buds. 
Have the children observe the scale scars of last 
year, and notice that when the scales of this year 
fall off they will leave the same kind of scar, a 
sort of scar ring, around the twig or branch. 
How often then do these scars or rings appear? 
Answer:—As often as the bud scales fall off, which 
is usually once a year. Then if a branch has four 
of these rings, how old is it ? Then can we tell 
the age of a branch ? How ? There are excep¬ 
tions to this rule but it will not be necessary to 
mention them here. 
C . —Study Arrangement of Leaves. 
After the foregoing study of buds has been quite 
well completed, attention may be called to the 
