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i i re -U- I The Green Kingdom Childcraft THE HOW AND WHY LIBRARY VOLUME 6 &* The Green Kingdom World Book, Inc. aScoltFetzercompany Chicago London Sydney Toronto ) , C1h9i9l2dcrEadfitti—onThe HowandWhy Library (Reg US Pat Off c 1991WorldBook,Inc Allrightsreserved This volumemaynotbereproducedinwholeorinpartinany formwithoutpriorwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher. WorldBook,Inc. 525WestMonroe Chicago,IL60661 c 1990,1989,1987.1986,1985byWorldBook,Inc B 1982.1981 1980,1979USA byWorldBook-ChildcraftInternational,Inc G 1976,1974.1973.1971,1970.1969,1968,1965,1964U.SA.by FieldEnterprisesEducationalCorporation. InternationalCopyright@ 1987.1986,1985byWorldBook.Inc InternationalCopyright £ 1982,1981,1980,1979byWorldBook- ChildcraftInternational.Inc. InternationalCopyright 6 1976,1974.1973,1971,1970,1969,1968, 1965,1964byFieldEnterprisesEducationalCorporation. ISBN0-7166-0191-5 LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber90-70178 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica A/IB Acknowledgments ThepublishersofChildcraft—TheHowand WhyLibrarygratefully acknowledgethecourtesyof thefollowingpublishers, persons, andorganizationsforpermissionto usecopyrighted poems, excerptsfrom poems, andspecial illustrationsappearingin thisvolume. Full illustration acknowledgmentsappear onpages278-279 The Florist Shop," by Rachel Field From Taxis and Toadstoolsby Rachel Field, copyright 1926by Doubleday& Company, Inc ReprintedbypermissionofthepublisherandWorld'sWork Ltd "FourSeasons," by Rowena Bastin Bennett Reprinted by permissionoftheauthor. "MaytimeMagic, by Mabel Watts Reprinted bypermissionof theauthor. "Mistsof Daybreak." by YosaBuson FromA YearofJapanese Epigrams, edited and translated byWilliam N Porterand published byOxford University Press. "Night," bySara Teasdale Excerpt reprinted with permissionof TheMacmillan Companyfrom CollectedPoems bySaraTeasdale Copyright 1930by SaraTeasdale Filsinger, renewed 1958by GuarantyTrustCompanyot New York, Executor "PackageofSeeds," by Aileen Fisher Reprintedfrom/ Wonder How, I Wonder Why. ©1962 byAileen Fisher, bypermissionof Abelard-Schuman. Ltd All rightsreserved. "SoThis IsAutumn," byW W Watt, from One Man's Meterby W. W Watt. Copyright >c 1959byW. W. Watt Reprintedby permissionof Holt, RmehartandWinston, Inc "TomatoTime," byMyraCohn Livingston From The Moonanda StarandOtherPoems, © 1965 by MyraCohn Livingston Reprinted bypermissionof Marian Reinerfortheauthor Photographfrom Islandbfe by SherwinCarlquist. IS 1965by SherwinCarlquist. Reproduced bypermissionof Doubleday& Company, Inc Volume 6 The Green Kingdom Contents Seasons of Life 5 The life ol plants in spring, summer, fall, and winter Plant Ways 21 Plants are living things with their own ways ol life Nature's Neighbors 49 Plants live together in communities, just as people do Strange and Surprising Plants 87 Man\ odd creatures belong to the green kingdom Weeds and Wild Flowers Ill Some weeds are pretty, some are useful, and some are dangerous How Does Your Garden Grow? 137 No matter where you live, you can have some kind of garden Famous Gardens 161 Some of the world s most famous and beautiful gardens Meet the Trees 171 A game that shows you how to tell one kind of tree from another Plants of Long Ago 193 The first plants, and others that lived in ages long past What Plants Do for Us — 205 Plants give us fresh air, food, useful things and pleasure People and Plants 223 The many different jobs done by people who work with plants True Tales and Tall Tales 239 Legends, folk tales, and true stories of plants Saving the Plants 251 What we are doing to help plants fight the dangers they face Look for a Lovely Thing 265 The beauty of the green kingdom is always around us Books to Read 272 New Words 274 Illustration Acknowledgments 27S Index 280 "*f? Seasons of Life Springtime is a green time When seedlings start their growing. Summertime's a rainbow time When many blooms are blowing. Autumntime's a brown time When seeds are ripe for sowing; But wintertime's a white time (It is the flowers' nighttime) When stars of frost are glowing. Four Seasons Rowena Bastin Bennett ^ 6 The Green Kingdom | Sleeping life It is the flowers' nighttime . . . In many parts of the world it is winter, and the ground lies cold and hard beneath snow and frost. The sleeping trees are brown and bare. The dry, dead stems of last year's plants shiver in the cold wind. But under the snow and in the frozen ground are millions of seeds, underground stems, and roots that will be next summer's plants. Each seed is a package of life, with a tiny plant and a store of food inside it. On the roots and stems are buds, and each bud is the heart of a A sleeping plant. little warmth, a taste of water, and the plants will awake again. And down in the ground, or snuggled beneath the snow-covered leaves, summer — animals chipmunks, frogs, ants, spiders — are sleeping, too. Like the plants, the animals are also waiting for warmth and life to come back to the land.