. Botany for beginners : an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany : for the use of common schools and the younger pupils of higher schools and academies. Botany. 36 15OTAISY roil EEG1IVNERS. [Oh. VI. seems to be expended upon the blossom and fruit. The onion, beet, and carrot, are biennial plants. 133. Perennial roots live many years; among them are the 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 gard
. Botany for beginners : an introduction to Mrs. Lincoln's Lectures on botany : for the use of common schools and the younger pupils of higher schools and academies. Botany. 36 15OTAISY roil EEG1IVNERS. [Oh. VI. seems to be expended upon the blossom and fruit. The onion, beet, and carrot, are biennial plants. 133. Perennial roots live many years; among them are the 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- rennial shrub 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, Avhile 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 Fig. 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 : F. J. Huntington, and Mason & Law
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