. British trees. Trees. For a time the stipules encircle each foliage-cluster like a pale green cup, but as the leaves develop they too lengthen and tall apart. Meanwhile the inner pair of leaves remain nearly upright, the outer ones, still crumpled, falling away from them like an open fan. In colour the young leaves are pale green, sometimes tinged with red, with a gloss on the upper surface which is lost later in the season. The form of the opening flower-bud is very beautifid. l"'rom a circlet of protecting leaves, whicli themselves radiate from the cup- like inner scales, the pale gre
. British trees. Trees. For a time the stipules encircle each foliage-cluster like a pale green cup, but as the leaves develop they too lengthen and tall apart. Meanwhile the inner pair of leaves remain nearly upright, the outer ones, still crumpled, falling away from them like an open fan. In colour the young leaves are pale green, sometimes tinged with red, with a gloss on the upper surface which is lost later in the season. The form of the opening flower-bud is very beautifid. l"'rom a circlet of protecting leaves, whicli themselves radiate from the cup- like inner scales, the pale green heads of flower spring slender antl erect. The scales of tlie flower-bud are larger and fuller than those that cover 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 Cole, Rex Vicat, b. 1870; Kempe, Dorothy. London : Hutchinson
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