. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. A potiito plant, showing the subterranean After Strasburuer. C'. Stems hearing flural leaves .54. The flower.—The so-called "fl(jwers'' which certain })lants produce rejiresent another type of slioot, Ijeiug stems witli j^eculiar leaves. So attractive are flowers that they have been very much studied ; and this fact lias led many people to l>elieve that flowers arc the only j)arts of jilants worth studying. Aside from the fact that a great many plants do not ])roduce flowers, even in those tliat do tlie flowers are connected with
. Plant studies; an elementary botany. Botany. A potiito plant, showing the subterranean After Strasburuer. C'. Stems hearing flural leaves .54. The flower.—The so-called "fl(jwers'' which certain })lants produce rejiresent another type of slioot, Ijeiug stems witli j^eculiar leaves. So attractive are flowers that they have been very much studied ; and this fact lias led many people to l>elieve that flowers arc the only j)arts of jilants worth studying. Aside from the fact that a great many plants do not ])roduce flowers, even in those tliat do tlie flowers are connected with oidy OIK! of the ])lant pro- cesses, that of rejiroduction. Every one knows that flowers are exceedingly variable, and names. Flo. i;s. Tlie roolstiiek of Solo- mon's seal; from the under side roots are developed ; and on the upper side are seen the scars wllieh mark the positU)ns of the successive aerial brandies which bear the leaves. The advanc- ing tip is i»rotected by scales (forming a bud), anil the posi. tions of previous buds are in- dicated by groups of ring-like scars which mark the attach- ment of former scales. Advanc- ing in front and dying behind such a rootstock may give rise to an indefinite succession of aerial plants.—After 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 Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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