. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. PLANT COLONIES 221 and 370. In the former is a water-lily society and a cat- tail society. In the latter there are grass and l)iisli and woods societies. 3G1. SOME DETAILS OF PLANT SOCIETIES.—Socie- ties may be composed of scattered and intermin- gled plants, or of dense clumps or groups of plants. Dense clumps or groups are usually made up of one kind of plant, and they are then called colonies. Fig. 372. Colo- nies of most plants are transient: after a short time other plants gain a foothold amongst them, and an intei'mingled society is the o
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. PLANT COLONIES 221 and 370. In the former is a water-lily society and a cat- tail society. In the latter there are grass and l)iisli and woods societies. 3G1. SOME DETAILS OF PLANT SOCIETIES.—Socie- ties may be composed of scattered and intermin- gled plants, or of dense clumps or groups of plants. Dense clumps or groups are usually made up of one kind of plant, and they are then called colonies. Fig. 372. Colo- nies of most plants are transient: after a short time other plants gain a foothold amongst them, and an intei'mingled society is the outcome. Marked exceptions to this are grass colonies and forest colonies, in which one kind of plant may hold its own for years and A colony of weeds in a barny. 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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