. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 214 COMPETITION WITH FELLOWS. orchard can support no more trees, weeds may grow beneath. 353. We have learned (25, 26) that roots go far and wide for food and moisture. The plant that is first es- tablished appropriates the food to itself and new- comers find difficulty in gaining a foothold. Note the bare area near the elm tree in Fig. 359. Recall how difificult it is to make phmts grow when planted under trees. This is partly due to the interceptmg of the rain by the tree-top, partly to shade, and partly to lack of available food and moisture
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. 214 COMPETITION WITH FELLOWS. orchard can support no more trees, weeds may grow beneath. 353. We have learned (25, 26) that roots go far and wide for food and moisture. The plant that is first es- tablished appropriates the food to itself and new- comers find difficulty in gaining a foothold. Note the bare area near the elm tree in Fig. 359. Recall how difificult it is to make phmts grow when planted under trees. This is partly due to the interceptmg of the rain by the tree-top, partly to shade, and partly to lack of available food and moisture in the soil. The farmer knows that he can- not hope to secure good crops near large trees, even beyond the point at which the trees intercept the rain and light. It is difiBcult to establish new trees in the vacancies in an old orchard. 354. In Chapter VIII we studied the relation of the plant and its parts to sunlight. Plants also com- pete with each other for light. Plants climb to get to the light (Chapter XVI). Fig. 360. Some plants have become adapted to. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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