236 
PRUNING AND THINNING. 
[Part IV. 
below the branch ceases at C, but the pith is 
prolonged through it upwards; also that the 
first annual growth of the younger shoot of the 
stem above the branch is continuous, and the 
same with the second annual growth of the older 
shoot of the stem below the branch: and, 
doubtless, the reason that the second growth 
below is so much larger than the first growth 
either above or below is, that it has received the 
deposit from the whorl of branches in addition 
to the growth from the leader, which did not 
accrue to either of these first annual growths. 
Each annual growth of the stem above the 
branch will be found continuous and the same 
with the growth numbered one after it below 
the branch. 
On the right of the pith, from C to D D, is 
the growth of the stem while the branch was 
alive: and five annual growths of the stem, 
both above and below the branch, may be seen 
to be united to the five annual growths of the 
branch; namely, the first five annual growths 
above the branch, and from the second to the 
sixth inclusive below it. So that the first an¬ 
nual growth of the branch is continuous and 
the same with the first annual growth of the 
younger shoot of the stem above the branch, but 
