. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. Fig. 57.—Sweet Potato. Flower-clustors r-oniing from leaf-axils, '.. Flower, cut verticallj'; natural size. Fruit, i. Seed, out in half vertically to show the folrir-rl (Tfrni in seed-food fdottod), t. (Original.) Fig 58, I. — White Potato {Solanuin tuberosum, Night- shade Family, So- lanacece). Base of plant growing from an old tuber and producing new tubers at the tip of under- ground branches of the stem. (Baillon-.)~Plant a perennial con- tinued from year to year by its tu- bers; stem erect, about ni. tall; l

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. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany. Botany; Botany, Economic. Fig. 57.—Sweet Potato. Flower-clustors r-oniing from leaf-axils, '.. Flower, cut verticallj'; natural size. Fruit, i. Seed, out in half vertically to show the folrir-rl (Tfrni in seed-food fdottod), t. (Original.) Fig 58, I. — White Potato {Solanuin tuberosum, Night- shade Family, So- lanacece). Base of plant growing from an old tuber and producing new tubers at the tip of under- ground branches of the stem. (Baillon-.)~Plant a perennial con- tinued from year to year by its tu- bers; stem erect, about ni. tall; leaves dull green, hairy; flowers lilac or white; fruit fleshy, 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 Sargent, Frederick Leroy, 1863-. New York, H. Holt and Company

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