SOME SUMMER FLOWERS 



you already know behave in summer. Watch cultivated 

 plants, especially those that climb; whole books have been 

 written on the ways of climbing plants. If you go to the 

 sea, notice how the beach plants protect themselves from 

 the glaring light and the intense heat of the sand; how 

 some of them store water; by what devices they avail them- 

 selves of fog and dew; watch their flowers and their guests, 

 and so on. At least, you can watch the wayside weeds, 

 and there is much of interest to learn from them, as we 

 shall see in the next chapter. 



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