. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. In Winter Woods 391 from its highest to its lowest point, is enfolded with a slumber-robe of cork, which keeps the vege- table juices in and helps to keep the cold out. When spring comes to wake the earth, the deeper layers of soil feel the sweet influence while the. Fig. ioi.—Lengthwise section of a root-tip, showing root-hairs. (Much magnified.) (From the Vegetable Worlds surface is still ice-bound. Then the least root-tips, far underground,
. Field, forest, and wayside flowers; with chapters on grasses, sedges, and ferns; untechnical studies for unlearned lovers of nature. Flowers; Botany. In Winter Woods 391 from its highest to its lowest point, is enfolded with a slumber-robe of cork, which keeps the vege- table juices in and helps to keep the cold out. When spring comes to wake the earth, the deeper layers of soil feel the sweet influence while the. Fig. ioi.—Lengthwise section of a root-tip, showing root-hairs. (Much magnified.) (From the Vegetable Worlds surface is still ice-bound. Then the least root-tips, far underground, cast off their slumber-robes and begin to absorb moisture from the soil, which seldom freezes for more than forty inches below the surface, even in the bitterest weather. And all winter, alive but sleeping, a group of active cells. 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 Going, Maud, 1859-1925. New York, The Baker and Taylor Company
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