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and see how they do it. Compare their way of getting 

 where they want to go with that of climbing nastur- 

 tiums, the moon vines, morning glories and balloon 

 vines, or whatever vines you can find in your neighbor- 

 hood. Do you suppose they all have the same way 

 of climbing? There are, as you know, several ways 

 by which plants climb. Some vines throw out roots 

 which hold on firmly to walls or the bark of trees. 

 Poison ivy, English ivy and the trumpet creeper send 

 out such clinging roots. Others, as the grape vine, 

 are held up to their support by tendrils. What other 

 vines have tendrils? Are the tendrils of different vines 

 alike in the manner of growth ? Does the tendril coil in 

 one way through its whole length ? Do leaflets ever serve 

 as tendrils? Examine some of your vines and see. One 

 or two of your vines will wind round and round whatever 

 they climb upon. Such vines are known as twiners. A 

 plant or vine which simply spreads upon another plant 

 without having any means of clinging fast is known com- 

 monly as a scrambler. You will probably not have any 

 such vines near your school house unless you chance to 

 have a bittersweet in the wood near by. A few blackber- 

 ries climb in this way. 



BLOSSOM AND SEED. 



As your plants bloom study the shape and parts of 

 the flower and make drawings of them. Try to find other 

 flowers of the same or similar shape. When your China 

 asters bloom compare the flowers with dandelion blos- 

 soms. See if there is any similarity. Examine what is 

 commonly called a dandelion flower and see if it is really 

 a single flower or a bunch of them. 



In the fall when you allow some of the flowers to 

 ripen seed, in order that you may collect them for the 



