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anything else on which it grows, I should think," 
said Frank. 
Yes^ Frank, but that is not all. If you were 
to cut off all its roots, a plant would die, because 
it could not then take in food and water from the 
earth. 
7. ''The moisture can pass into the tender roots, 
and can carry with it the plant food that it has 
taken up from the soil. Some day I hope to tell 
you about the way the very tiny root-hairs suck 
in the moisture." 
STEMS AND SHOOTS.— I. 
1. The next day, when Frank and Jane were in 
the garden, their father called them to him. 
" Look at this bean which I have just taken 
from the ground," he said. " It has begun to 
send out a young root and stem, and you may 
see the baby bean-plant." 
2. That is the root," said Frank, pointing to 
it as he spoke. 
Yes ; and whichever way I place the bean in 
the ground, the root will turn downwards, into 
the soil, while the stem will rise towards the light 
and air. 
3. " You must not, however, think that all 
