Bui, 925, U. S. Dept. cf Agriculture. 
Plate VIII, 
Basal Sections of Normal and Brachytic Stalks of Maize, Showing 
the Nodes Just above the Surface of the Ground. 
This illustrates trie increase in root-producing nodes which could be obtained on the brachytic plants 
by a cultural method which would cover this section of the stalk with soil. (N atural size.) 
