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in the ground, that they may have a fair chance to 
get the air and food they need. 
6. In lilies, and other plants with bulbs, several 
young bulbs appear around the old one, and in that 
way the plant increases the number of its kind. 
7 . The strawberry plant has another plan for 
starting its young ones in life. Along the ground 
Strawberry Runner. 
it sends out a slender stem, bearing a bud at its 
end. At some distance from the old plant the bud 
gives out leaves, while roots strike downwards into 
the soil. Thus a new plant is formed; and by 
being a little distance away, it has more chance 
of getting food than if it were crowded very close 
to the old roots and leaves. 
