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AGRICULTURE 



DIFFERENCES IN THE PARTS OF PLANTS 



Main Parts of Plant. You have learned from your study of the 

 cotton plant that the main parts of a plant are root, stem, leaves, 

 blossoms, and seeds. Each of these parts has its special work to 

 do for the whole plant. The root supports it in the soil, and receives 



Corn, a fibrous root ; beet, an enlarged taproot ; alfalfa, a long taproot. 

 ROOT SYSTEMS 



and carries food and water. The stem and branches are channels 

 through which the sap is diffused to the different parts of the plant. 

 The leaves are laboratories in which the sunlight makes plant food 

 out of the elements collected from air and soil. The blossoms con- 

 tain the organs necessary to reproduce the plant and to continue 

 the life of its kind on the earth. The seed is the result of the work 

 of these organs. 



Taproot. The cotton plant has, as we have learned, what is 

 called a taproot. The first root grows and enlarges into one main 

 foot with branch roots, rootlets, and root hairs. Among taprooted 



