78 LABORATORY PRACTICE CHAP. XVI 



1. That some of the flowers have been replaced by bulblets. 



2. Make a sketch to show this. 



IV. Examine the axils of the leaves of a Yam (if oppor- 

 tunity presents) and notice the small tuber-like bodies 

 (resembling small Potatoes) found there. 



V. Examine the underground portion of an old Raspberry 

 Plant and notice : 



r. That branches are given off from the main plant below 

 the ground, which run along for a short distance, 

 then turn upward and produce a new shoot which 

 makes its way into the air. 



2. Make a diagram of this. 



3. Such a branch is called a sucker. 



4. How does the gardener take advantage of suckers to 



obtain new Raspberry Plants? 



VI. Examine a group of Strawberry Plants and notice : 



1. One of the slender, tendril-like branches sent out from 



the main plant. 



2. That it curves over so that the tip may rest upon the 



ground. 



3. That roots, springing from the tip, penetrate the ground ; 



that leaves are produced ; and that finally there is a 

 young plant attached to the parent plant by a slender 

 piece of stem. 



4. That finally this stem dies and the young plants are 



free. 



5. Make diagrams to show these points. 



6. Such a slender branch, behaving in this way, is called a 



runner. 



