. Botany for young people and common schools : how plants grow : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or, an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated . Botany; Botany. 30 HOW PLANTS GROW TEAR AFTER TEAR. withering away, which grew in spring by one of its buds to make the stem {b) bear- ing the foliage of the season. This sends out some branches under ground, which in the course of the sea- son thicken at the end as they receive a stock of nourishment prepared by this year'ss foliage, and become new tubers (c, a forming one ; d, d, wel
. Botany for young people and common schools : how plants grow : a simple introduction to structural botany : with a popular flora, or, an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated . Botany; Botany. 30 HOW PLANTS GROW TEAR AFTER TEAR. withering away, which grew in spring by one of its buds to make the stem {b) bear- ing the foliage of the season. This sends out some branches under ground, which in the course of the sea- son thicken at the end as they receive a stock of nourishment prepared by this year'ss foliage, and become new tubers (c, a forming one ; d, d, well-grown tubers of the season), to live over winter and make the next year's growth. 75. Because they live under ground, these tu- bers are commonly sup- posed to be roots; but they are not, as any one may see. Their eyes are buds; and the little scales behind the eyes answer to leaves ; while roots bear neither buds nor leaves. The fibrous roots which grow from these subterranean branches are very different in appearance from under-ground stems, as is plain to see in the Potato-plant. Fig. 60 shows a few of the real roots, as well as several branches of â * the stem, with potatoes form- ing in all stages at their tips. Fig. 61 is one of these forin- ing potatoes magnified, show- ing a little scale behind each eye which answers to a leaf. Fig. 62 is a part of a slice through an eye, more magnified, to show that the eye is really a bud, covered with little 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888. New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.
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