CHAPTER XV 



PLANTS THAT GROW IN WINTER SKELETON SHOOTS AND LEAVES 



PLANTS THAT GROW IN WINTER 



Just as more animals will have been found which are active 

 in winter than might at first have been supposed, so among plants 

 we may find numbers that are growing, 

 and have sprung up from seed in the winter- 

 time. 



An interesting piece of nature - study will 

 therefore be, to discover the plants that are 

 actually increasing in size, in spite of the 

 cold. At the same time it is worth while 

 to notice the effects of frost upon vegeta- 

 tion, especially plants which are easily killed. 

 For such work the garden will offer many 

 opportunities. 



SKELETONS OP SHOOTS AND LEAVES 

 Already we have suggested the tracing 



r ,-. . , ,11^- From a photograph by Wilfred Mark 



oi the connection between the leal veins wen of a specimen tinay made 



and the strands in the leaf-stalk and stem. 



If one takes plants that have been subjected 



to cold for some weeks or months, it will be 



found that the soft parts have practically disappeared, and the skeleton 



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by Mrs Brightwen, F.E.S. 



FIGURE 129. 

 Skeleton leaf of Magnolia. 



