FLOWER-LAND. 



CHAPTER XV. 



V 



ROOTS. 



WE now come 

 to the root or 

 descen ding 

 axis (p. 65), 

 so we must 

 not forget to 

 take with us 

 an old knife 

 or trowel. As 

 in our last 

 talk about 

 stem s, so 

 again we will 

 begin with a 

 seed which 

 has just be- 

 gun to grow. 



Search for one wheat, or pea, or bean, or radish as 



you did before. 



But now notice that as the stem is growing 



Fig. 47. Fennel (Fceniculum vulgare}. 

 c flower. 



b root, 



