Glimpses into plant-life : $b An easy guide to the study of botany

· 1906

Plant collections—General view of vegetable growth— Lowest forms of plant life—Water buttercup—Vallisneria— Water-lily—Mare’s-tail—Sea-weeds—Cacti—Orchids—Tillandsia—Seed dispersion. Root fibres—Hygroscopic water—Root hairs—The evil of stagnant water—Binding roots—Carex arenaria—Psamma arenaria—Cheddar cliffs—Correlation of roots—Land, water, and air roots—Laurel root in well—Horizontal stems—Poa bulbosa— Earth-nut—Potato—Onion—Air roots—Hoya—Aëroids—Parasitic roots—Yellow rattle—Clover dodder—Flax dodder—Mistletoe—Root- cap—Office of the root—Growing mustard-seed—Strength of roots.…

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