WOODY PLANTS. 155 



FIG. 263. 



Bush. 



And when only two or three feet high, whatever 

 its shape, it is called an TJNDER-SHKUB. Slender, 

 woody plants that cannot hold themselves up, but 

 depend on other objects for support, or trail along 

 the ground, are called VINES. 



Besides this separation of woody plants into groups 

 depending upon size and shape, they are again divided 

 into two sorts, called Evergreen and Deciduous. 



EVERGREEN trees, shrubs, etc., keep their foliage 

 all the year round. 



DECTD'UOUS trees, shrubs, etc., lose their foliage in 

 winter. 



So that in winter it is very easy to tell Evergreens 

 from deciduous plants. Look carefully at the foliage 

 of Evergreens, and see if it resembles that of Decidu- 

 ous trees. 



