REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF ROOTS. 



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in the autumn in which the rooting has taken place, this branch apex, nourished 

 by its roots, grows up into a shoot, which again appears above the ground. The 







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Fig. 188. — Bramble-bush in wliicli tiie branciies have tajien root. 



old branch, however, which had arched down to the soil, and whose apex had 

 been drawn into the ground by the roots, dies off sooner or later, consequently 



a new, independent plant results from this action. 



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