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Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888

Vegetable secretions and the means by which by are effected by Kate L. Hudson, 1888, Page 31

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27 the very sticky substance found in such abundance in the buds and here we may say also, that the whole surface is secretory. The excretions serve the same purpose, it would seem, as that found upon the leaves of the ash, and Butternut leaves. To further illustrate the forms of secreting surface, the glands in the Orange rind are studied. They are very numerous and are situated near the surface. The presence of these glands gives the pappilose appearance to the orange and the secretion is an essential oil, the oil of Lemon, and is seen
 
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