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AGRICULTURAL BOTANY 



The stem may serve as food for stock either in its 

 green state as hay, or dried state as straw. For human 



Cabbage Onions Lettuce 



FIG. 46. Leaves used for Food. 



food we have the potato (an underground stem), 

 sugar cane, celery, and asparagus, as illustrations. 

 Leaves become thickened and furnish food, as seen 



Wheat Nuts Pear Melon 



FIG. 47. Products of the Flower used for Food. 



in the cabbage and the onion. With the stem they make 

 hay for live stock, as in clover and alfalfa. 



