Plant Ways
Plant Ways
So [This Is Autumn]{.smallcaps}
W. W. Watt
Have you ever wondered why leaves change color in the fall? Or why some
flowers smell nice and some don’t? Or what pine cones are for? Do you
know why some trees stay green all winter? Why tree bark is rough? What
flowers do?
The next few pages answer questions you may have asked about plants.
Some of the answers will surprise you!
Now far and near on field and hill We watch the death of chlorophyll As
earl autumn rushes in With xanthophyll and carotin. I hold that
ignorance is bliss Considering the fact that this Is how a botanist
perceives The colorings of autumn leaves.
What’s in a seed?
A seed is a baby plant and a bundle of food all wrapped up in a package. Different kinds of plants have different kinds of seeds. Some seeds are as big as a baseball. Others are smaller than a grain…
Do all plants come from seeds?
Some plants do not come from seeds. They come from spores. A spore is usually made up of one cell—a tiny bag of living jelly that you would need a microscope to see. Spores have a covering on the…
Why leaves are green
In the furry, finny, feathered world of the animal kingdom, there are many different colors. There are orange and brown giraffes, white polar bears, blue beetles, and red birds. But in the plant…
What leaves do
Leaves don’t seem to do anything at all. But if you could become tiny enough to peek inside a leaf—you would have a surprise! Sunlight comes into a leaf through the leaf’s skin, which is clear…
