. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ROOTS 13 gloxinias, and bryophyllum. In the black-cap raspberry and in dewberries, a shoot (stem) may bend over by its own weight, and where it strikes the ground, develop adventi- tious roots, and thus secure a foothold. When once the tip has rooted well, the stem may be cut loose from the GROUND. NE .\::;\ Hcf-- Fig. .\.—Tap-root system of youny^ sugar beet. (Maxsou.) parent stem and such rooted ti[).s used as "; Straw- berries produce slender stems, called runners. Adventitious roots may be produced
. The botany of crop plants; a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. ROOTS 13 gloxinias, and bryophyllum. In the black-cap raspberry and in dewberries, a shoot (stem) may bend over by its own weight, and where it strikes the ground, develop adventi- tious roots, and thus secure a foothold. When once the tip has rooted well, the stem may be cut loose from the GROUND. NE .\::;\ Hcf-- Fig. .\.—Tap-root system of youny^ sugar beet. (Maxsou.) parent stem and such rooted ti[).s used as "; Straw- berries produce slender stems, called runners. Adventitious roots may be produced at the nodes. A very different sort of root system develo[)s in such plants. 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 Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia, P. Blakiston
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