REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF ROOTS. 



in the autumn in which the rooting has taken place, this branch apex, nourished 

 )ts, grows up into a shoot, which again appears above the ground. The 



Fig. 188. Bramble-bush in which the branches 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 off sooner or later, consequently 

 a new, independent plant results from this action. 



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