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surface; fig. 9, Pinus Strobus; fig. 10, Abies balsamea; fig. 11, Cai excelsa 
1. Pinus Sirobus (fig. 9 A, B).—In both moist garden soil and 
moist peat the tap root assumed approximately the vertical position, 
