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THE FORMS OF PLANTS 



Stand at some distance. Look at the dark places in the 

 old pasture maple: they are lumpy and irregular. In the 

 pasture beech they are in layers or strata. The shadows 

 depend mostly on the method of branching. Those who 

 take photographs know how the "high lights" and shadows 

 develop on the plate. 



133. The Indbit of a plant is usually most apparent 



101. A pear tree of the Kieffer variety. 102. A pear tree of the Hardy variety. 



when it is leafless. The framework is then revealed. 

 Woody plants are as interesting in winter as in summer. 

 Observe their forms as outlined against the sky every 

 one different from every other. Notice the plant forms 

 as they stand in the snow. Fig. 99. How do stems of 

 the pigweed differ from those of burdock and grasses? 

 Observe how the different plants hold snow and ice. 

 134. The more unusual the shape of any tree or other 



