Bui. 925, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE VIII. 



Basal Sections of Normal and Brachytic Stalks of Maize, Showing 

 the Nodes Just above the Surface of the Ground. 



This illustrates the increase in root-producing nodes which could be obtained on the brachytic plants 

 by a cultural method which would cover this section of the stalk with soil. (Xatural size.) 



