. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 36 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. [Ch. VL The onion, seems to be expended upon the blossom and fruit, beet, and carrot, are biennial plants. 133 Perennial roots live many years; among them are tne asparagus, dandelion, and grasses, and all trees and woody plants. 134,°Climate and cultivation affect the duration of the roots of vegetables. Some perennial plants become annual by trans- planting them into cold climates: the garden nasturtion, a pe- renniafshrub or woody plant of South America, has become in our latitude
. Botany for beginners: an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany. Plants. 36 BOTANY FOR BEGINNERS. [Ch. VL The onion, seems to be expended upon the blossom and fruit, beet, and carrot, are biennial plants. 133 Perennial roots live many years; among them are tne asparagus, dandelion, and grasses, and all trees and woody plants. 134,°Climate and cultivation affect the duration of the roots of vegetables. Some perennial plants become annual by trans- planting them into cold climates: the garden nasturtion, a pe- renniafshrub or woody plant of South America, has become in our latitude an annual plant. Form of Roots. The shape of roots is different in different kinds of plants; the most com- mon form is the 135. Branching root, which is divided into ma- ny parts, like the branch- es of a tree ; same of these branches extend deep into the earth, while others creep along its surface.— Roots that have been torn up have been known to become branches covered with leaves, and branches buried in the earth have become roots, and sent out fibres or radicles.— The radicles are the real roots, as they imbibe, through pores, the moisture and salts which the earth affords for the nourish- ment of the plant. 136. Fibrous roots consist almost wholly of radicles. Most of the annual plants, and also the grasses, have roots ol this kind. The fibres usually grow di- rectly from the bottom of the stem; by ob- serving them in a handful of grass, you can understand the description, better than by any 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 Phelps, Lincoln, Mrs. , 1793-1884. New York, Huntington & Savage
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