Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The School World, Vol. 4: A Monthly Magazine of Educational Work and Progress; January to December 1902
The use of climbing is that the plants may reach the light and free air as easily as possible.
The surface and shape of different stems should be noted, whether smooth, hairy or prickly; cylindrical (grasses, trees), square (dead nettle), three sided (sedge), ribbed (hemlock), ?attened (sweet pea). Smooth stems usually have a tough skin which protects them against insects, a purpose served in other cases by hairs (poppy), prickles and thorns, which 'also afford some protection against grazing animals.
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