REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF ROOTS. ((JD 



in the autumn in which the rooting has taken pkice, this bi'anch apex, nourished 

 by its roots, grows up into a shoot, which again appears above the ground. The 



Fig. 188.— Bramble-buah in whi< h the lir.iiu la^ have taken root. 



old branch, however, which had arched down to the soil, and whose apex had 

 been drawn into the ground by the roots, dies oft' sooner or later, consequently 

 a new, independent plant results from this action. 



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