1 8 FLOWER-LAND. 



Can we find any with climbing stems ? The large 

 white convolvulus is one of them ; so are the hop and 

 the honeysuckle. If we see any of these, we will stop 

 and notice how they twist and climb round anything 

 to which they are near. There is a tree with some 

 ivy growing up it, and the ivy will do very well for 

 our example of a plant with a climbing stem. 



The long twining arms, into which the branches of 

 some plants grow, and by which they climb, are called 

 Tendrils. You can see them very well in the Vine 

 tree, upon which grow the beautiful grapes. 



Fig. 14. Ground Ivy. 

 (Nepeta (Glechoma) hederacea). 



Our old favourite, the buttercup, is here in plenty. 

 It is as good an instance as we can have of the 

 common branched and upright stem. We have it in 

 a larger size in the oak, the ash, and other trees. 



In the buttercup the stem is soft and juicy. Plants 

 with this kind of stem are called herbs, and their 

 stems herbaceous. 



In the ash a great part of the stem is hard, and 

 plants with this kind of stem are called bushes^ or trees, 

 and their stems woody. The outside covering or skin 

 of this kind of stem is called bark. 



