. Lessons in botany. Botany. PLANT COMMUNITIES: SEASONAL CHANGES. 333 These are carried to the now swelling buds where formative processes and growth elongate the shoot and expand the leaf. Buds long wrapped in winter sleep toss back the protecting scales. In a multitude of ways the different shrubs and trees. Fig. 274. Opening buds of hickory. now discard the winter armature which has served so good a purpose, and tiny bud leaves show a multitude of variations from simple bud scale to perfect leaf, a remarkable diversifica- tion in which the plant from lateral members of the stem forms. Pleas


. Lessons in botany. Botany. PLANT COMMUNITIES: SEASONAL CHANGES. 333 These are carried to the now swelling buds where formative processes and growth elongate the shoot and expand the leaf. Buds long wrapped in winter sleep toss back the protecting scales. In a multitude of ways the different shrubs and trees. Fig. 274. Opening buds of hickory. now discard the winter armature which has served so good a purpose, and tiny bud leaves show a multitude of variations from simple bud scale to perfect leaf, a remarkable diversifica- tion in which the plant from lateral members of the stem forms. 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and company


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