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THE FORMS OF PLANTS 



in plants of unusual form? Tell how any two trees differ in "looks." 

 NOTE. One of the first things the pupil should learn about plants 

 is to see them as a whole. He should get the feeling of mass. Then 

 he should endeavor to determine why the mass is so and so. Trees 

 are best to begin on. No two trees are alike. How do they differ? 

 The pupil can observe as he comes and goes from school. An orchard 

 of different kinds of fruits shows strong contrasts. Even different 

 varieties of the same fruit may be unlike in habit. This is especially 

 true in pears (Figs. 118, 119). It is well, also, to develop the feeling 

 for the mass, and to apprehend the expression, in a field of wheat or of 

 clover, a field of potatoes, an apple orchard, a vegetable garden: dis- 

 tinguish the various plant forms and also the impression that the 

 entire field or garden or woodland makes on you. 



118. A young pear tree of the Kieffer 

 variety. 



119. A pear tree of the Hardy 

 variety. 



