ROOTS. 
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breaking them as I got the plant up, for they go 
Radish. 
Carrot. 
Coffee Plant. 
Tap-roots. 
down a great depth, and their little branches and 
hairs are fixed very tightly in the 
soil. The roots of the corn often 
grow much longer than the stem." 
7. " I wonder that such tender 
things can push their way into the 
earth at all/' said Jane. 
Each little thread, or rootlet, 
has a cap over its end," said her 
father, ^'and this cap protects the 
tender, growing point, as it works its way 
through the soil. 
Tip of Eoot-flbre 
magnified. 
