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.

Articles

📖 What’s in a seed?
📖 Do all plants come from seeds?
📖 Why leaves are green
📖 What leaves do
📖 Why leaves change color in autumn
📖 What roots do
📖 Why some trees lose their leaves in autumn
📖 Why some trees stay green all winter
📖 What a flower does
📖 How some insects help flowers
📖 Why some flowers smell nice— and some don’t
📖 What pine cones do
📖 Why some leaves have bumps
📖 Why tree bark is rough
📖 Do plants ever move?
📖 Why a plant wilts
📖 Can plants see, or hear, or feel?