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RECENT studies of the growth of the tree, helped by some new methods, have shown that each season this growth begins in the bud, whence it spreads downwards over the rest of the tree. The discovery of this fact may influence, in quite a surprising way, our understanding of the tree—its form, its structure, and its vital functions.
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PRIESTLEY, J. The Growing Tree. Nature 130, 494–497 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130494a0
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