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FLOWER-LAND. 



CHAPTER IV. 



ROOTS. 



Jl ^ 



FOR our 



walk to-day 

 we will ask 

 for a trowel 

 or an old 

 blunt knife. 

 Yes ; that 

 small trow- 

 el will do 

 very well, 

 and as we 

 go I will 

 tell you 

 what we 



Fig- 9- Ipecacuanha with ringed root. Want it for. 



You are learning, you know, about flowering plants. 

 You have learned something about their flowers, but 

 we have not yet talked about their other parts roots 

 and stems and leaves. To-day we are going to talk 

 about their roots ; and, as we shall want to see them 

 our trowel will be useful in digging them up. For the 

 root, as I dare say you know, is the part of the plant 

 which grows downwards into the ground. 



