. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . crtid ow dut-growtlis of tlie sidxTdUs nv corky layers of the hark called [lulvini(puJnmis, a cushion), ami these jmlvini are in-olonged into spiral ridges * The arrangeiiieiit of leaves, wlietlier foliage. Horal or ear]iellarv 4Vuit bearing, on theaxial that produce them is described in Botany under tlie name ol subject is treated of in all the best t
. Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc . crtid ow dut-growtlis of tlie sidxTdUs nv corky layers of the hark called [lulvini(puJnmis, a cushion), ami these jmlvini are in-olonged into spiral ridges * The arrangeiiieiit of leaves, wlietlier foliage. Horal or ear]iellarv 4Vuit bearing, on theaxial that produce them is described in Botany under tlie name ol subject is treated of in all the best text books. 28 ARRANCEMENT OF LEAVES. arinuid the ymuiL; sliont and always at a vvvy small ?,uvj;]v to its longaxis; tlicir iunn in (?(inncctidn with that nf the cicatriiH left liy tlieIcavis vaiics so luurli in the (litfcivnt geneva, as tn ailurd a- eliaracteristic111 each. These (intgTOwtlis ha\e sunietinies hein wrongly described asthe decurreiit l)ases of the leaves. The ])osition taken u\) ])\ tlieleaves with vespeet to the axis that hears them is snhjeet to muchvariation, hut in every ease with the evident i)urpose of enahling themto perform their fuuetions to the greatest advantage. ()n the piineipal. Ki-. I:;. Dccussalr U,\\iVA>- ol .Irrinirns axis oi leader , not only in .Vliies, Iieea, Tsnga, etc., hut also inthe Aranearias, ,Si(/WHa xiiii/t/rr/fitt.^, Taxns, Torreya and others, the on ,-dl sides. This is also the ease with side sh(i(its whii-hsuddenly ipiit tlie horizontal direction and assume an upright position,as is fle(plently the ease in I/cr(( r(/a//e//., P. ^ilrlini^l^ and others,and iioiiiially >o in the fastigiate varieties of the comnKin \v\\ and(ephahitaxns. In Taxmliniu ili^firliHin and Sn/ztnia sri//jii/-/-/r//s the MOVEMENTS OF LEAVKS. 29 leaves are distielious, lliat is tn say. tliev aie aiTaii,L;c(| in iipimsite Idws mieither side iif tile shunt, and s|iread in one |ilane. In the edinninn and teph
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