. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 41.—Boot. (Beta rulgaris, Gooso-foot Family, Chenopodiacecr). Plantshowing the appearance f)f the partsabove Rronnd at the end of its firstyear. X J. (OriKinal).—The leavesarc .smooth, ureen or nK)re or lesstinged with red; stem scarcely morethan a crown covering the top ofthe swollen root which projects some-what above the ground. Fio. 42.^—Beet. A plant in its secondyear, the underground parts cut ver-tically, to show the swollen root whichis feeding with its store of nutrimentthe crown, which has given rise toseveral erect branches b

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. Plants and their uses; an introduction to botany . Fig. 41.—Boot. (Beta rulgaris, Gooso-foot Family, Chenopodiacecr). Plantshowing the appearance f)f the partsabove Rronnd at the end of its firstyear. X J. (OriKinal).—The leavesarc .smooth, ureen or nK)re or lesstinged with red; stem scarcely morethan a crown covering the top ofthe swollen root which projects some-what above the ground. Fio. 42.^—Beet. A plant in its secondyear, the underground parts cut ver-tically, to show the swollen root whichis feeding with its store of nutrimentthe crown, which has given rise toseveral erect branches bearing leaves,flowers and fruit. (Original).—Plant,a biennial, i. e., requiring two yearsto complete its life, the first yearstoring up food which during thesecond year it uses to build flower-and fruit-bearing s h o o ts ; stem-branches, commonly deep red; flow-ers, greenish; fruit, dry, rough, andbrown. HERBAGE-VEGETABLES 53

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