290 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 



Study 42. The Larger Wild Vines of the Farm 



The program of work in this study will consist of a trip 

 about the borders of a wood, along a fence-row, and through a 

 bottom-land thicket, examining, one by one, the different wild 

 vines of various sorts, and writing their characters in a table 

 prepared with the following column headings: 



Name (of plant). 



Duration of stem (annual, biennial, perennial). 



Grows where (in sun or shade, wet or dry places, etc.). 



On what (name support). 



By what means (climbing or twining, when climbing by 

 tendrils or holdfasts, diagram the same). 

 ' Stem (tell it in English). 



Character of 



Leaves (diagram). 



Flower-cluster or fruit (diagram). 

 Foliage (character of). 

 Season's growth, (maximum length of). 

 Best suited to what situation and use. 

 The record of this study will consist of: 



1. The complete table, outlined above. 



2. A little special report concerning some one very com- 

 mon vine, stating in what variety of situations it is founP 

 growing, and with what different kinds of supports. 



