. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 48 PLANTS AND SUNLIGHT cally above the first. This is true, no matter which bud is selected as the starting point. Draw a thread around the stem until the two buds are joined. Set a pin at each bud. Observe that two buds are passed (not counting the last) and that the thread makes one circuit of the stem. Representing the num- ber of buds by a denominator, and the number of circuits bj' a numerator, we have the fraction X, ivhich expresses the part of the circle ivhich lies between any two buds. That is, the buds are one- half of 360 degrees ap
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 48 PLANTS AND SUNLIGHT cally above the first. This is true, no matter which bud is selected as the starting point. Draw a thread around the stem until the two buds are joined. Set a pin at each bud. Observe that two buds are passed (not counting the last) and that the thread makes one circuit of the stem. Representing the num- ber of buds by a denominator, and the number of circuits bj' a numerator, we have the fraction X, ivhich expresses the part of the circle ivhich lies between any two buds. That is, the buds are one- half of 360 degrees apart, or ISO degrees. Looking endwise at the stem, the leaves are seen to be 2- Note that in the apple shoot (Fig. 81, right), the thread makes two circuits and five buds are passed : two-fifths represents the divergence between the buds. The leaves are I. A miiiii I ' ' <' ^niit the leiives hung four weeks longer than on the north side, yovilT-p/I because of more sunlight and idUJieu. perhaps more 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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