Excerpt from The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac, for the Year 1862: Containing Practical Suggestions for the Farmer and Horticulturist The root consists of several parts. The main root, also called the tap root, is the large central portion, extending directly downwards; the lateral roots are subdivisions or branches of the main root the fibres are the small thread-like roots proceeding from the laterals; and the spongioles or spongelets, are the porous and spongy extre mities of the fibres, when they are extending in length, and through which they receive much of the sap from the soil. Fig. 37 is a greatly magnified section of a spongelet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.