. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 124 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE After the first few years, the stem does not increase in thickness, but it grows in height as long as it lives. It usually grows straight upward ; but if one side receives more light than the other, it bends toward the side most lighted. Leaves. An old, strong tree has twenty-five to thirty-five leaves, each 5 to 7 meters long, with about eighty pairs of leaf- lets. The leaflets are folded downward. There is a hinge along each side of the midrib. When the leaf transpires faster than it can get water, the hinge causes
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. 124 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE After the first few years, the stem does not increase in thickness, but it grows in height as long as it lives. It usually grows straight upward ; but if one side receives more light than the other, it bends toward the side most lighted. Leaves. An old, strong tree has twenty-five to thirty-five leaves, each 5 to 7 meters long, with about eighty pairs of leaf- lets. The leaflets are folded downward. There is a hinge along each side of the midrib. When the leaf transpires faster than it can get water, the hinge causes the edges to fall and fold nearer together, and this checks the loss of water. Each leaf lives a Like the stem, the leaves. Fig. 88. Coconut trees on the sea-shore, Pa- cific coast of Tayabas province, showing the enlarged base and numerous roots little less than two years are very tough. Flowers and Fruit. The flowers are borne in dense panicles, one panicle in the axil of each leaf. The flowers do not open until more than six months after the first appearance of the leaf in whose axil they grow. The staminate and pistillate flowers are distinct; and in each panicle the staminate flowers wither and fall off. 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 Copeland, Edwin Bingham, 1873- [from old catalog]. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , and Manila, World book company
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