The vegetable world : being a history of plants / with their structure and peculiar properties. Adapted from the work of Louis Figuier ; with a glossary of botanical terms.

  • Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894
Date:
[1869?]
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Credit: The vegetable world : being a history of plants / with their structure and peculiar properties. Adapted from the work of Louis Figuier ; with a glossary of botanical terms. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 71.—Dock. Buds are placed upon the stem at regular intervals, where they develop themselves in the form of branches, and extend the tree, nourishment being carried through them to every leaf and fibre, It 64 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. some value; but it is also lopped every five years, the result of lopping being numerous adventitious buds, which produce branches much used for fences and for firewood.