Download or read book The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint) written by Henry John Elwes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 5 In the majority of pines, the long shoot produced in spring is a single internode, consisting of (a) a leafless base, which bears the staminate flowers, when these are developed and (b) a longer upper portion bearing foliage, and ending in (c) a terminal bud, subtended by a whorl of smaller buds, one or more of which may be replaced by pistillate flowers (young cones). The buds and young cones being close to the apex of the shoot, are said to be subterminal. In the second year the mature cones and the branchlets, which have developed from the single whorl of buds of the first year, are situated beneath the base of the new shoot of the year, which has sprung from the terminal bud of the preceding season. In another group of pines, the long shoot produced in spring consists of two (rarely three or more) internodes, each with a leafless base, a leaf-bearing portion, and a whorl of buds (with or without young cones). The buds and young cones are in two or more whorls, and are both subterminal and lateral in position. Similarly, in the second year, the branchlets and mature cones are in two or more whorls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.