. How crops grow. A treatise on the chemical composition, structure, and life of the plant, for all students of agriculture ... Agricultural chemistry; Growth (Plants). THE VEGETATIVE OEGANS OP PLANTS. 253 the coast, where the land is laid under water for weeks at a time during its growth, and it succeeds equally well in fields which are flowed from the time of planting to that of harvesting. (Russell. Iforth America, its Agriculture and Climate, p. 176.) The willow and alder, trees which grow on the margins of streams, send a part of their roots into soil that is constantly saturated with wat
. How crops grow. A treatise on the chemical composition, structure, and life of the plant, for all students of agriculture ... Agricultural chemistry; Growth (Plants). THE VEGETATIVE OEGANS OP PLANTS. 253 the coast, where the land is laid under water for weeks at a time during its growth, and it succeeds equally well in fields which are flowed from the time of planting to that of harvesting. (Russell. Iforth America, its Agriculture and Climate, p. 176.) The willow and alder, trees which grow on the margins of streams, send a part of their roots into soil that is constantly saturated with water, or into 3 ^. Fig. 44. the water itself; while others occupy the merely moist or even dry earth. Plants that customarily confine their growth to the soil, occasionally throw out roots as if in search of water, and sometimes choke up drain-pipes or even wells, by the pro- fusion of water-roots which they emit. At Welbeck, England, a drain was completely stopped by roots of horseradish plants at a depth of 7 feet. At Thomsby Park, a drain 16 feet deep was stopped en- Digitized by Microsoft®. 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 Johnson, Samuel William, 1830-1909. New York, O. Judd & company
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