Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 How Seedlings Get Established 13 older plants. They are very delicate, and it is better to grow the roots in moist air, to see the many minute root-hairs. On a seedling with root- lets an inch or more long, notice that just back of the tip it is covered with a very fine fuzzy growth. This fuzzy growth is composed of thou- sands of slender tube-like cells, called root-hairs. (Figs. 11 and 12.) They are formed near the root's tip. After a time they die. They cannot be found on the root e
Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools elementaryprinci02ferg Year: 1913 How Seedlings Get Established 13 older plants. They are very delicate, and it is better to grow the roots in moist air, to see the many minute root-hairs. On a seedling with root- lets an inch or more long, notice that just back of the tip it is covered with a very fine fuzzy growth. This fuzzy growth is composed of thou- sands of slender tube-like cells, called root-hairs. (Figs. 11 and 12.) They are formed near the root's tip. After a time they die. They cannot be found on the root except for a short way from the tip. Unless the soil is very carefully washed from the rootlets, the root-hairs may not been seen. (Fig. 11, B.) 22. How the Root Absorbs Water. Even though the seedlings that have been growing in sand or sawdust be very carefully washed, much of the adheres to the hairs. (Fig. 12.) The root
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