> Long ago, the land was empty. All the plants and animals lived in the > water. > > They looked like tiny blobs of jelly. Many hundreds of millions of years ago, the world was a scary place!...
Plants of Long Ago
The plants that grew on earth hundreds of millions of years ago didn't look much like the plants we see around us today. Scientists have learned a great deal about what the world was like long ago....
Christmas tree favorites
Which is your favorite kind of Christmas tree? People in the United States and Canada usually choose the balsam fir, the black spruce, or the Douglas fir. People in Britain, Germany, and most of...
Leaf-scar faces
Some trees have "faces"! You can see them in the fall, if you look closely. When leaves drop off a tree, scars are left. The scars often look like the faces of animals---or even creatures from...
Solving tree mysteries
How would you like to be a tree detective? To be a tree detective you have to be able to use clues to find out the names of the trees you see. You can use the tree charts on pages 172-185 to help...
The tree-path game
Come take a walk through this spooky forest. But be careful! If you choose a wrong path you'll be captured by giant spiders or eaten by crocodiles! You can play this game by yourself. It begins here...
Meet the Trees
> 4/, Mfe > > ■ I Can you tell an oak tree from a maple tree? Can you tell one kind of Christmas tree from another? There are many different kinds of trees. But each kind of tree has leaves,...
Favorite gardens
In every part of the world, people have a favorite kind of garden. In Japan, people like gardens that have little bridges in them. In India, gardens often have ponds filled with water lilies....
Natural gardens
Natural gardens are often called wild gardens because they look just like an ordinary woodland or meadow. But most of the plants in a natural garden are carefully planted by people. A natural...
Formal gardens
> Chateau Garden, Villandry, France A formal garden is planted in careful designs. The flowers are arranged in squares, circles, or fancy shapes. Bushes are often trimmed to points, squares, or...
