American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1.—mangrove tree.—(I,!,i:.<,Zvji a Mangle.)thrown off eight or ten feet above the mud, andare sometimes as large as a mans leg. The en-graving, fig. 1, shows the singular appearanceproduced by this manner of growth; the treelooks as if it were supported upon an artificialframe-work. As the trees grow close togetherit can readily be conceived what an impene-trable thicket these interlaced roots must fruit of the Mangrove is a small, one-seedednut, which, instead of following the usual courseof seeds, remains upon the
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . Fig. 1.—mangrove tree.—(I,!,i:.<,Zvji a Mangle.)thrown off eight or ten feet above the mud, andare sometimes as large as a mans leg. The en-graving, fig. 1, shows the singular appearanceproduced by this manner of growth; the treelooks as if it were supported upon an artificialframe-work. As the trees grow close togetherit can readily be conceived what an impene-trable thicket these interlaced roots must fruit of the Mangrove is a small, one-seedednut, which, instead of following the usual courseof seeds, remains upon the tree aud young plant can hardly be said to comeup, as in this case its early lite is passed in growing downwards. The radicle penetrates through the apex of the nut, as shown in fig. 2, and elongates and even shows the rudiments of rootlets, as if to make sure of the chance of growing before it leaves the parent tree. As the plant grows in the mud and water of the coast, this would seem to be an ex-cellent provision to prevent the seed f
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