Illustrated Terms.* 



In the minds of those that have stepped for awhile out of the 

 routine of life and are walking abroad with nature, there seems 

 to lurk a resentment of all restraint. The freedom of the 

 atmosphere stirs in their nostrils. To have much to do with 

 botany and technical terms on such an occasion has especially 

 been supposed to blunt the keenness of one's pleasure. Whether 

 this be true or not is a matter for the individual to decide. It 

 must be granted, however, that there are certain terms that 

 we should all know, and which can in no way come between us 

 and a close friendship with nature ; they rather help us to ex- 

 press our thoughts of the vegetable world more clearly and to 

 have a better understanding of, and intimacy with, all that 

 grows. 



The technical terms that are used throughout "A Guide to 

 the Trees " are simply defined in the present chapter. By refer- 

 ence to it, it is thought that even those most unskilled in the 

 study of plant life will be able to comprehend the analyses that 

 have been given of the trees and to become conversant with 

 the principal points to be noticed when identifying species. 



Trees are the grandest members of the vegetable world. 

 They are distinguished from shrubs by their greater size and be- 

 cause they spring from the ground with a single, erect and 

 usually branching trunk. 



Their organs of vegetation are the root, the trunk and 

 tranches and the leaves. 



Their organs of reproduction are the products of the flower: 

 le fruit and its seeds. 



* When suitable for this chapter, the terms and illustrations have been repeated from 

 1 A Guide to the Wild Flowers." 



