CHAPTER IV 
ROOTS 
34. General character.—In general, roots are organized 
to work in the soil, but this is not true of all of them. The 
soil roots, however, will be considered first, as being the 
most common and as exhibiting most clearly the structure 
A B 
Fic. 68.—Roots: A, dandelion with tap-root; B, grass with cluster of fibrous roots. 
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