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however, that roots give rise to leafy shoots. Familiar 

 examples are Dock and Dandelion. If, in attempting to 

 eradicate these from a lawn, we cut the plants so as to leave 



Fig. 27. Plant of Raspberry, bearing a sucker (s) 

 on its root (r). 



part of the tap-root in the ground, leafy shoots eventually 

 spring from the buried portion of the root. In the case 

 of the Dandelion, often five or six shoots, each bearing a 

 rosette of leaves, will appear in the place of the part we 



