. Practical botany. Botany. 34 PEACTICAL BOTANY for example, winter \ylieat is an annual, though it does not seed until tlie next summer after it is planted. And the cot- ton plant, the lima bean, the. tdinato, and the east or beau are instances of plants which with us are cultivated as annuals, but in warm climates live several years ; the casti )r Ijean, in- deed, grows there into a large, almost tree-like shrub. VeTj commonly plants which live for m( ire than one year have food stored ui their Fig. 23. Clustered, fleshy roots of the dahlia, with much stored plant food, in early spri
. Practical botany. Botany. 34 PEACTICAL BOTANY for example, winter \ylieat is an annual, though it does not seed until tlie next summer after it is planted. And the cot- ton plant, the lima bean, the. tdinato, and the east or beau are instances of plants which with us are cultivated as annuals, but in warm climates live several years ; the casti )r Ijean, in- deed, grows there into a large, almost tree-like shrub. VeTj commonly plants which live for m( ire than one year have food stored ui their Fig. 23. Clustered, fleshy roots of the dahlia, with much stored plant food, in early spring St, remains of last year's stem; sh, young shoots beginning to sprout from the upper ends of the roots. One fourth natural size Such biennials as beets, carrots, and parsnips store up much food in the root^ during the first summer's growth, and form a large tuft or rosette of leavt's, but do not develop miu-h stem above ground. l)\iring the sccund summer the stored food is consumed in the production of leafy stems, bearing flowers and fruit, and in the autumn the root appears quite \A'ithered and nearly dry. 1 The underground part of the can-ot and the parsnip is part stem and part 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Caldwell, Otis William, 1869- joint author. Boston, New York [etc. ] Ginn and company
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