STRUGGLE FOB SUNLIGHT 



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In dense plantations, plants bend to ^\-<>w to a singh stem. 

 W'hrii these same plants are grown in <>]ni or cultivated 

 grounds, they often become bushy >>> develop nwrt than 

 oiw trunk. In. whal places have you seen trees with 

 more than one trunk .' 



356. On the margins <>f dense populations, ; i< 1 1 indi- 

 vidual grows outwards for sunlight. Note the dense 

 foresl rim: thru plunge through it, and stand by the 

 tall ban- trunks. Pigs. '!')") and 366 show these two 

 views of the same forest. Note the kinds of trees and 

 other plants thai grow in areas similar to those depicted 

 iu these illustrations. Note the dense wall of foliage in 

 Pig. '!(i7. and the thin brushy ana just behind it in Pig. 

 368. Observe the denser and greener foliage <n the out- 

 side rows in 1 1 1 i< k orchards. Consider how the plants 

 ixtend over the borders in dense flower-beds. Note 

 where the best foliaged plants are in the greenhouse. 

 Notice the foliage on the outer rows in a very thick 

 cornfield. 



Bi . i i.w. Why is there Btruggle for existence f How doea it 

 affect plants? Tell whal it i-. How <!'> plants compete for Bp 

 W'Ikii is mean! by the phrase "divergence of character"! Give es 



amples. How <!'> plants compete for t I from the s>>il '. In whal 



respects have plants become adapted to the liu'lu relation! How do 

 plants grow in dense plantations! On the margins of these planta 



.' yon know some tree or other planl : describe li" il has 

 adapted itself to competition with its fellows. 



\ dandelion knoll 



