. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 48 ELEMENTS OP ment during the winter (or the rainless season, as the case may be) to secure rapid growth during the active season. It is interesting to notice that nearly all of the early- flowering herbs in tem- perate climates, like the crocus, the snowdrop, the spring-beauty, the tulip, and the skunk - cabbage, owe their early-blooming habit to richly stored underground stems of some kind, or to thick, fleshy roots. Pig. 33. âEootstoot of a Sedge. The young, advancing shoot is seen at the left; in the centre is a cluster of leaves rising ahove
. Elements of botany. Botany; Botany. 48 ELEMENTS OP ment during the winter (or the rainless season, as the case may be) to secure rapid growth during the active season. It is interesting to notice that nearly all of the early- flowering herbs in tem- perate climates, like the crocus, the snowdrop, the spring-beauty, the tulip, and the skunk - cabbage, owe their early-blooming habit to richly stored underground stems of some kind, or to thick, fleshy roots. Pig. 33. âEootstoot of a Sedge. The young, advancing shoot is seen at the left; in the centre is a cluster of leaves rising ahove ground ; further to the right similar clusters would be found springing from the same root- stock, 72. Condensed Stems. â The plants of desert regions require above all protection from the extreme dryness of the surrounding air, and, usually, from the excessive heat of the sun. Accordingly, many desert plants are found quite destitute of ordinary ^'<*- ^â foliage, exposing to the air only a small surface of green rind. In the melon-cactuses. Fig. 38, the stem appears reduced to the shape in which the. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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