REMAKKABLE PROPERTIES OF ROOTS. 



7(jt) 



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

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



Fig. 188. — IJramble-bush in which the brandies liave taken root. 



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



been drawn into the gi-ouud by the roots, dies off sooner or later, consequently 



a new, independent plant results from this action. 



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