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QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER III. 



1 i ) Of what use to the plant is the stem ? How can you distinguish 

 a stem from a root ? 



(2) What are the essential differences between a node and an 

 internode ? Illustrate your answer by examples. (1884.) 



(3) What is a rhizome, and how does it differ from a root? Explain 

 the mode of annual growth in length of the rhizome of Solomon's Seal. 

 (1885.) 



(4) State what is meant by annual, biennial and perennial plants, 

 giving examples. (1886.) 



(5) What do you know about 



(a) The runner, (b) The rhizome, 



(c\ The tuber, (d) The offset, 



(e) The bulb, (/) The corm ? 



(6) What kinds of stems are there ? Give examples. 



(7) Where is the growing point of a shoot found, and how is it 

 protected from injury ? 



(8) If all the leaves on a Currant bush be plucked in spring, what 

 will happen ? 



(9) How are the knots found in thnber produced ? 



(10) Define the term " tillering." When and how does tillering take 

 place ? 



( 1 1 ) What is a parasite ? Give an account of the mode of life of the 

 Dodder. 



(12) Give examples of plants which climb by means of tendrils, and 

 explain how the tendrils act. (1887.) 



(13) Give a classification of climbing plants. Why do plants climb ? 

 How do they climb ? 



(14) What is the structural difference between a prickle (as in the 

 Rose) and a spine (as in the Blackthorn) ? (1881.) 





