Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 667
y are reallyonly held on the tree by these few woodystrands and the outer brittle skin or epi-dermis of the stem. Now, only a slightshock or wind flurry is sufficient to breakthe fragile support and bring the leaves inshowers to the ground. We may see thesewoody strands broken through in the… … the falling wild sarsaparilla leaves. The detail drawing shows the leaf scar about the bud and the stalk which has separated from it. Notice the dot-like markings which are the woody strands broken through. NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. I I 29 other trees have similar markings on their drops…
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