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FIRST BOOK. 
8. '^But we are forgetting our root of corn. 
You see that although the root- threads are 
branching, they do 
not spring from 
one main root. 
The root that first 
started from the 
seed soon ceased 
growing, and 
new root-threads 
sprang from the 
end of the green 
shoot. 
9. " Pull up any 
kind of grass, and 
you will find such 
a root as this. We 
call it fibrous, be- 
cause it is made 
up of a bundle of 
fibre-like roots. 
10. I want you 
to remember, then, 
that there are two kinds of roots ; and when you 
see a plant dug up you can make up your mind 
whether it has a tap-root or a fibrous root'' 
Fibrous Root of Maize. 
