Excerpt from Broadleaved Trees of Yosemite National Park However, this is but one episode in the tree's preparation for winter. By midsummer the buds, conspicuous on the naked twigs in winter, are formed. These contain the rudimen tary foliage or flower parts destined for development in the following summer which are protected by scales, waxes, gums, or hairs. In cd dition growth is retarded and finally ceases, the recently formed tissues are hardened, and the bark of the twigs and branches is increased in thickness through the addition of corky tissue. 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.