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sharp teeth as the carnivorous, and herbaceous are 

 the things they can eat. A horse likes to eat the 

 leaves of trees or bushes, and he does n't mind a 

 few little hard twigs ; he tries to eat the tree, but 

 he can only eat a little of the bark. But he could n't 

 eat up the whole tree. If it was herbaceous, he 

 could. 



"The woody things, the trees and shrubs that are n't 

 herbaceous, can keep their tops up above the earth 

 all winter ; but the herbaceous can't. They 've only 

 got summer dresses and not any winter ones, so all of 

 them that are n't eaten or picked at the end of the 

 summer get their death of cold. But the roots of 

 some of them, if they are perennials, can live just as 

 long as as anything ! " 



"That is very, very enlightening," observed Herr 

 Trommel ; "but if you are not careful to be a good 

 gardener, perhaps you will give the lectures on Nature 

 Study when you grow up, and that would be a sad 

 thing ! " 



The under-gardener looked grave. "Then perhaps 

 we 'd better go on with the planting," said Mary, in 

 a subdued voice. 



Herr Trommel dug up a large clump of phloxes. 

 "They do not come apart very easily," he said, feel- 



