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appearance of the green above ground. On the 2nd 
of November, both plants were carefully taken out : the 
boxes were put in a large butt of water, the sides knocked 
off, and by gently shaking the plants the soil was got 
rid of. An after examination of the water and soil 
showed that none of the roots had been dissevered. The 
plants were kept in water for 24 hours, to enable the 
roots to swell, and then photographed. The accompany- 
ing Figs. 1 and 2 were carefully drawn from the photo- 
graphs. As will be seen from the meteorological table 
annexed, the weather during the period of growth was 
very favourable, and I may add that during the time 
which elapsed from their first appearance the sky was 
almost cloudless. 
When taken up, the shoot of No. 1 was eighteen 
inches long, measuring from its point of departure from 
the parent cane. Besides numerous fine roots it had 
four fleshy roots, the longest of which was nearly thirteen 
inches in length, while the others were less than 
two inches long. These fleshy roots appeared to 
spring from the point of growth of the shoot on the 
parent cane and certainly had not come out of any of the 
starry points on the node. 
The shoot of No. 2 was twelve inches long from 
its point of departure from the parent cane. This shoot 
was not so developed, nor were the roots quite so numer- 
ous or grown to the same length as those of No. 1. 
There were however seven distinct fleshy roots, ap- 
parently also growing out of the bottom of the shoot ; 
three of these averaged six inches in length, the 
others being much smaller. The fleshy roots are brittle 
and have a long tube running down the centre ; occasion- 
