290 NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FARM 



Study 42. The Larger Wild Vines of the Farm 



The program of work in this study will consist of a trip 

 about the borders of a wood, along a fence-row, and through a 

 bottom-land thicket, examining, one by one, the different wild 

 vines of various sorts, and writing their characters in a table 

 prepared with the following column headings: 



Name (of plant). 



Duration of stem (annual, biennial, perennial) . 



Grows where (in sun or shade, wet or dry places, etc.). 



On what (name support). 



By what means (climbing or twining, when climbing by 

 tendrils or holdfasts, diagram the same), 

 f Stem (tell it in English). 



Character of { Leaves (diagram). 



( Flower-cluster or fruit (diagram). 



Foliage (character of). 



Season's growth, (maximum length of). 



Best suited to what situation and use. 



The record of this study will consist of: 



i. The complete table, outlined above. 



2. A little special report concerning some one very com- 

 mon vine, stating in what variety of situations it is found 

 growing, and with what different kinds of supports. 



