360 LBS SONS WITS PLANTS 



first warmth of spring. Fig. 377 is the root and 

 crown of the agrimony, as it was dug up one 

 November day. (See Figs. 278, 279). 



451. There is a short corm-like crown, from 

 the bottom of which roots arise, and upon the 

 top of which several strong buds are developed. 

 The old stalk of last year is at K. This will 

 not grow again, but new stalks will take its 



Pig. 37?. 

 Rhizome of a smilacina. 



place; and as new stalks develop the clump or 

 plant becomes larger. 



452. The underground parts of the false spike- 

 nard or smilacina are shown in Fig. 378. The 

 specimen was dug in the fall. The stalk which 

 grew during the season of 1897 is at 2. This 

 stalk is now dead, and no other stalk will arise 

 from the same place. The stalk of 1898 is to 



