NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



Most of our vegetables 

 belong to this class, like the 

 cabbage, pea, bean, potato. 

 Many of our flowers, too, 

 are herbs, like the daisy, 

 the buttercup, and the corn- 

 flower. 



Some plants, like the 

 myrtle, do not die at the 

 end of one season. During 

 the summer they blossom, 

 flower, and produce seed, 

 and during the winter they 

 They do not grow very high, but 

 send out many branches and leaves, and make a bushy appear- 

 ance. They have strong, woody stems, which resist the cold. 

 These are known as shrubs. Shrubs add much beauty to a land- 

 scape, and we love to plant them on our lawns or in our parks. 



Trees are not stunted in their growth like shrubs. They grow 

 higher and higher each year. Their trunks become rounder and 

 firmer and stronger as winter approaches. Though their leaves 

 fall, they mark their dropping place by leaving behind a leaf bud, 

 which next season buds forth into new leaves and new branches. 

 Notice them on the maple, the oak, the peach, the apple, and 

 other trees. 



So, while herbs live only one year, and so are called annuals, 



A SHRUB 



live on and brave the frost. 



