By, 
all. They flopped over quite as helplessly as the 
morning-glory vine would do if you unwound it from the 
wires up which it was climbing; and you saw that they 
had only been able to stand up straight because of the 
help the water had given them. 
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SOMESTIABITS OF SEEMS 
ESIDE the stems which stand erect without help 
; (like that of the corn), and those which climb by 
means of some support (like those of the morning-glory 
and bean), and those which are held up by the water 
(like that of the water lily), there are stems which slant 
upward (like that of the red clover), stems which lie 
upon the ground (like that of the snowberry), and stems 
which creep (that is, which run along the ground), and 
which strike root, and so give rise to new plants (like 
those of the white clover and strawberry). 
With the new plants you meet, try always to notice to 
which of these different classes their stems belong ; for 
later, when you wish to use the botany and to learn the 
names of the plants, this habit of noticing things will 
help you greatly. 
Then, too, with every new plant, you should find out 
whether its stem is round or square, and whether it is | 
smooth or hairy, or if it is at all thorny. 
The thorns and hairs which some plants scatter over 
their stems protect them from animals and _ insects, 
which might otherwise do them an injury. 
By the thorns little snails are prevented from climb- 
