. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. sometune in the St %VB, STEMS. EXT to the root is the stem, or that part of the plant which springs »^^\ from the root, and serves to support the leaves, buds and flowers. i^'S^^ It usually seeks the light, appearing above the ground, and is sub- â ' divided as follows: Simple., wYitw found without branches (8), as in the Parnassia; componiuU when branched, as in the Chickweed icj); forked, when partetl into two equal or nearly equal branches, as in the Bouvardia (lo); erect, when growing wp\\ght, ascenditig-^vchen rising
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. sometune in the St %VB, STEMS. EXT to the root is the stem, or that part of the plant which springs »^^\ from the root, and serves to support the leaves, buds and flowers. i^'S^^ It usually seeks the light, appearing above the ground, and is sub- â ' divided as follows: Simple., wYitw found without branches (8), as in the Parnassia; componiuU when branched, as in the Chickweed icj); forked, when partetl into two equal or nearly equal branches, as in the Bouvardia (lo); erect, when growing wp\\ght, ascenditig-^vchen rising obliquely upward â when several stems grow from the same root, the central one is often erect and the others ascending, as in the Violet (ii); prostrate, ox procumbent, when it lies flat along the ground, as in the Petunia; creeping, or rcpei/t, when it runs along the ground and sends out roots from its joints â a plant has an upright stem, and sends out creeping shoots from its base, as wherry (12); twini/tff, or voluble, as in the Hop, when they rise by spirally coiling themselves around supports; climbing, or scandcnt, when they rise by clinging step by step to other objects, as in the Ivy. Stems are classified according to certain peculiarities of size and duration, as follows: Herbaceous, when thcv die down to the ground every year, as in Mint or other herbs, whence the ; fruticosc,\\\\c\\ living from year to year, and of considerable size, like Lilac or other shrubs; suffruticosc, when fruticose or shrubby below, and herbaceous above, as the Horseshoe Geranium; suffrutescent, when the stem has an appearance of being moderately shrubby, and is only a little woody, as the Pelargonium; arborescent, when approaching to a tree-like appearance, as the Oleander; and arboreous, when it is the trunk of a tree properly so called, as the Magnolia. The stem is composedâbeginning from the center â of the pith, the sof't, spongy substance in the center of many plants, c
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