Ottoline Leyser from the University of York says that after a plant is pruned, all the inhibited shoot tips compete with each other to grow.
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Mr Browner nicely retells, for instance, the cautionary tale of Lady Ottoline Morrell, a well-meaning but slightly dim toff who thought she had found her role in life as hostess to London's literary smart set.