. First studies in plant life in Australasia, with numerous questions, directions for outdoor work, and drawing and composition exercises. Botany. CLIMBING PLANTS AND PARASITES 49 but, by help of the air-roots (fig. 29), it is able to climb as high as a great tree without spend- ing its strength in making a thick stem. Old trees are often smothered with ivy. 8. And now we come to plants that get food as well as support from other plants, Plantsthatliveon the juices of other plants. Chief ^ among such plants IS one that gets up Japanese creeper showing air-roots. high in the air not by climbing
. First studies in plant life in Australasia, with numerous questions, directions for outdoor work, and drawing and composition exercises. Botany. CLIMBING PLANTS AND PARASITES 49 but, by help of the air-roots (fig. 29), it is able to climb as high as a great tree without spend- ing its strength in making a thick stem. Old trees are often smothered with ivy. 8. And now we come to plants that get food as well as support from other plants, Plantsthatliveon the juices of other plants. Chief ^ among such plants IS one that gets up Japanese creeper showing air-roots. high in the air not by climbing, but by help of the birds. You may see the mistletoe growing on gum trees, sheoaks, wattles, plum trees, oak trees, and even on pepper trees. The mistletoe bird eats the sweet seed of the mistletoe, and then perhaps passes to another branch or to another tree. It is a sticky The suckingro^ow a mistletoe geed, and on passing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gillies, William. Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs, Ltd
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