. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. Lily-kin and Rose-kin 135 For there mild winters sometimes favor almost continuous growth, and cambium may be present, and new wood may be formed, during almost any month in the twelve. The rings of a tree (Fig. 28) are a trustworthy guide only in northern lati- tudes, where vegetation has a period of vigorous growth followed by a period of torpor. In all dicotyledenous trunks the newest, wood. Fig. 28.—Crosswise section of the trunk of a young
. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. Lily-kin and Rose-kin 135 For there mild winters sometimes favor almost continuous growth, and cambium may be present, and new wood may be formed, during almost any month in the twelve. The rings of a tree (Fig. 28) are a trustworthy guide only in northern lati- tudes, where vegetation has a period of vigorous growth followed by a period of torpor. In all dicotyledenous trunks the newest, wood. Fig. 28.—Crosswise section of the trunk of a young oak-tree, showing growth-rings. (From the Vegetable World.) lies just beneath the inner bark, and the older wood toward the centre. So a little is added to the girth by each year's growth, till the enor- mously thick trunks of some or our larger forest- trees are built. The differences between the rose's kindred and the lily's kindred culminate in their flowers. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Going, Maud, 1859-1925. New York, The Baker and Taylor Company
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