The leaf-arrangement is alternate, on the 2/5 plan. Phyllotaxy is not yet to be taken up, but the pupils should be shown the different angles of the branching of the twigs, and told to compare them with Beech and Elm.
QUESTIONS ON THE BALM OF GILEAD.
In which buds are the flower-clusters?
Are there flowers and leaves in the same buds?
What are the scales of the bud?
How are the leaves folded in the bud?
How do the axillary and terminal buds differ?
What are the dots on the leaf-scars?
Why is there no distinct band of rings as in Beech?
How old is your branch?