. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. BOTANY FART I—THE PLANT ITSELF CHAPTER I THE PLANT AS A WHOLE 1. A plant is a living, growing thing. It partakes of the soil and air and sunshine. It propagates its kind and covers the face of the earth. It has much with which to contend. It makes the most of every opportunity. We shall learn its parts, how it lives, and how it behaves. 2. THE PARTS OF A PLANT. — Our familiar plants are made up of several distinct parts. The most prominent of these parts are root, stem, leaf, flower, ^ ^. fruit and seed. Fig. 2. Familiar plants " ^^s^ diff
. Botany; an elementary text for schools. Plants. BOTANY FART I—THE PLANT ITSELF CHAPTER I THE PLANT AS A WHOLE 1. A plant is a living, growing thing. It partakes of the soil and air and sunshine. It propagates its kind and covers the face of the earth. It has much with which to contend. It makes the most of every opportunity. We shall learn its parts, how it lives, and how it behaves. 2. THE PARTS OF A PLANT. — Our familiar plants are made up of several distinct parts. The most prominent of these parts are root, stem, leaf, flower, ^ ^. fruit and seed. Fig. 2. Familiar plants " ^^s^ differ wonderfidhj in size and shape,^ from fragile mushrooms, delicate water- weeds and pond-scums, to floating leaves, soft grasses, coarse weeds, tall bushes, slender climbers, gigantic trees, and hanging moss. See frontispiece. 3. THE STEM PART.—In most plants there is a main central part or shaft on which the other or secondary parts are A (1). 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan Co.
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