. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Plants; Plants -- United States. YOUNG HELIANTHUS GROSSE-SERRATUS from the ground and making a decided downward curve in order to enter the soil. A section of the lower part of the stem of this species will afford an excellent study in plant adaptation. Nearest the roots are branches that are plainly destined to be- come subterranean and to produce new plants vegetatively, at the other extreme are aerial branches intent on the production of flowers and seeds, while between them are dwarfed branches, some of them little more than
. The American botanist : a monthly journal for the plant lover. Plants; Plants -- United States. YOUNG HELIANTHUS GROSSE-SERRATUS from the ground and making a decided downward curve in order to enter the soil. A section of the lower part of the stem of this species will afford an excellent study in plant adaptation. Nearest the roots are branches that are plainly destined to be- come subterranean and to produce new plants vegetatively, at the other extreme are aerial branches intent on the production of flowers and seeds, while between them are dwarfed branches, some of them little more than buds that seem to have been in some doubt which way to grow and so have grown little in any direction. This, too, is a good illustration of the old saw that "he who hesitates is lost" for these examples of inde- cision fall with the dead stem and so come to naught. In the large-toothed sunflower is also seen an effort to store an unusual amount of food. Large plants have two or three stout straight roots projecting downward at an angle not unlike dahlia "tubers" as the roots of that plant are often mis-. 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 Clute, Willard Nelson, b. 1869. Binghamton, N. Y. : Willard N. Clute & Co.
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