. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE WORK OP LEAVES 95 and since little or none escapes from the stems of plants, we may say that that which is lost from the pot is given off by the leaves. Carefully weigh the flower pot and plant. Remove the cork from the glass tube each day, pour water through. Fig. 3U. — The water lost by leaves. it into the soil, keeping an accurate record of the weight of the water so added, and being careful to replace the cork each time. At the end of a week, weigh the plant and pot again, and from the figures which you will
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE WORK OP LEAVES 95 and since little or none escapes from the stems of plants, we may say that that which is lost from the pot is given off by the leaves. Carefully weigh the flower pot and plant. Remove the cork from the glass tube each day, pour water through. Fig. 3U. — The water lost by leaves. it into the soil, keeping an accurate record of the weight of the water so added, and being careful to replace the cork each time. At the end of a week, weigh the plant and pot again, and from the figures which you will now have, determine the amount of water given off by the leaves during that time. Measure as accurately as possible the number of square inches of leaf surface on the 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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