CHAPTER VIL 
WOODY PLANTS. 
EXERCISE XLVL 
Their Different Kinds* 
What do yon name all the soft, fragile plants that 
die down to the ground in winter ? * Is there any 
name for all woody plants? Do you know of any 
woody plants that are not trees? If so, wliat do you 
call them? What is the difference between a young 
tree and a bush ? Between a bush and a shrub ? 
The following pictures and definitions are given 
to help you in distinguishing one group of woody 
plants from another. After carefully looking them 
over, you should go through the streets and the fields, 
and whenever you see a woody plant, decide whether 
it is a tree, shrub, bush, under-shrub, or vine. If you 
take with you a companion who is interested in the 
same pursuit, it will be all the better. 
Although trees vary much in size, height, and 
shape, and are often not nearly so tree-like as the one 
represented by Fig. 230, yet it is not easy to mistake 
them when full grown. If you are doubtful whether 
a particular plant is a tree or shrub, remember that, 
when a full-grown woody plant, less than fifteen feet 
high, is slender, and perhaps has several stems start- 
* See page 76. 
