. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. 158 STEMS difficulty at all for rhizomes. They can burrow along among other plants just about as well as where there are no plants. Indeed they seem to be most successful in soil which is already well occupied by other plants. On freshly cleared land, or on fields left fallow after a crop, annual plants spring up in great abundance in the first season. This is because the light, wind-blown seeds of the annuals are the first to occupy the new territory, and
. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. 158 STEMS difficulty at all for rhizomes. They can burrow along among other plants just about as well as where there are no plants. Indeed they seem to be most successful in soil which is already well occupied by other plants. On freshly cleared land, or on fields left fallow after a crop, annual plants spring up in great abundance in the first season. This is because the light, wind-blown seeds of the annuals are the first to occupy the new territory, and because their seedlings have an unusual chance to take root. But gradually rhizome plants and other perennials encroach on the annuals, and, if undisturbed, will finally drive them out. B. Tubers. — It is the potato which has made tubers famous. If it were not for this celebrated plant, the word tuber would be no more familiar than the word corm. But the potato has proved one of the best friends which man has in the plant world, and every one should know something of its culture. Probably you have noticed the eyes on the skin of the potato. The eyes are at the nodes of this swollen, under- ground stem. They are composed of small scale-like leaves and buds. The bud is at the axil of the leaf. (See Figure 54.) When potatoes are to be planted, selected tubers are cut into pieces, each piece bearing one or two eyes. These pieces are planted a few inches below the surface of the soil. Fig. 54. — A potato showing the eyes. These are composed of scale leaves with buds in their axils. One of these buds has begun 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 Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. New York, American Book Co
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