. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 60 THE STOBY OP THE PLANTS. water, as we all know, plants will wither and die; and the roots push downward and outward in every direction in search of this necessary of life for the leaves and flowers. In addition to these two functions of fixing the plant and drinking water, however, roots per- form a third and almost more impor- tant one in absorbing the other needful materials ofjilant life from the soil about them. They drink, not water alone, but other things dis- solved in it. What are these other things ? Well, the answer to that question wil
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 60 THE STOBY OP THE PLANTS. water, as we all know, plants will wither and die; and the roots push downward and outward in every direction in search of this necessary of life for the leaves and flowers. In addition to these two functions of fixing the plant and drinking water, however, roots per- form a third and almost more impor- tant one in absorbing the other needful materials ofjilant life from the soil about them. They drink, not water alone, but other things dis- solved in it. What are these other things ? Well, the answer to that question will fairly round off our first rough idea of the no. 8. no. 9. ^^^^ materials that Fig. 7. ROOT OF THE CARROT. ^^^ ^« "^^^^ ^P ^^9°^' Fig. 8. ROOT OF THE FROGBiT, We saw already that FLOATING IN WATER. Fig. 9. plants eat carbouand ROOT OP THE RADISH. The hydrogcu from the small hair-like ends drink in airanrl watpr- nnf of water and dissolved food-salts. fJ^^ ana water, out ot these they manufac- ture a large number of compounds, such as. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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