. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. MAIZE OB INDIAN CORN '155 from the roots to the leaves. This fibro-vascular tissue serves also as the passages for the return to the roots, ears,. Jrohi the 5'i nod& . above 6round- 30dayj Fig. 21. — Structure of corn plant at different stages of growth: (1) Stalk one month old with leaves re- moved. A, tassel; B, rudimentary buds of ears and branches of wjbich only one or two develop into ears; R, roots; iS', root buds — often Galled "brace roots ;"<S, a branch or sucker. (2) Stalk fifty days old with the leaves removed: a, the


. Field crops for the cotton-belt. Agriculture. MAIZE OB INDIAN CORN '155 from the roots to the leaves. This fibro-vascular tissue serves also as the passages for the return to the roots, ears,. Jrohi the 5'i nod& . above 6round- 30dayj Fig. 21. — Structure of corn plant at different stages of growth: (1) Stalk one month old with leaves re- moved. A, tassel; B, rudimentary buds of ears and branches of wjbich only one or two develop into ears; R, roots; iS', root buds — often Galled "brace roots ;"<S, a branch or sucker. (2) Stalk fifty days old with the leaves removed: a, the first whorl of brace roots; 6, rudimentary buds; 6', the bud at 6 enlarged to show the rudimentary branch of the bud; 6*, the ear. and stem of the food material that has been elaborated in the leaves from the materials secured from the air and 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 Morgan, James Oscar. New York, The Macmillan company


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