DECIDUOUS TREES OF THE FARM 147 



Study 18. The Deciduous Shrubs of the Farm 



The program of work will consist of a trip for shrubs to the 

 places where they grow best : borders of woods, fence-rows, 

 or roadside. A dozen or more of the native species found 

 should be carefully compared as to characters indicated by 

 the headings of the table on pages 148 and 149. 



The record of this study will consist of: 



1. The completed table. 



2. Contrasted diagrams of a few stems from clumps of 

 a) a quick-growing, and b) a slow-growing shrub, the annual 

 increments of growth to be marked with the years of their 

 origin, as in figure 57. The end of each season's growth 

 is usually evident by reason of the clustering of buds at 

 the tip, if it be wholly hardy, or, by dead tips with each 

 season's growth starting from lateral buds, if not all the 

 growth be matured in any season. Untrimmed wild shrubs 

 should be chosen for this. 



3. An annotated list of all the wild shrubs found, 

 arranged in the order of their relative abundance in the 

 several situations visited as follows: a, shrubs of the 

 woodland undergrowth; b, shrubs of the waterside; 

 c, shrubs of the fencerow, and of other open sunny places, 

 etc., listing thus separately the shrub-associations of the 

 more typical situations visited in the course of the trip 

 afield. 



