V. Ruins form a basis for the growth of the future plant in its proper order [36]
Root-Stocks, the accumulation of such ruins in a vital order [37]
General questions relating to the office and chemical power of roots [38]
The nomenclature of Roots will not be extended, in Proserpina, beyond the five simple terms here given: though the ordinary botanical ones—corm, bulb, tuber, etc.—will be severally explained in connection with the plants which they specially characterize.
II. The Stem.
Derivation of word [137]
The channel of communication between leaf and root [153]
In a perfect plant it consists of three parts:
I. The Stem (Stemma) proper.—A growing or advancing shoot which sustains all the other organs of the plant [136]
It may grow by adding thickness to its sides without advancing; but its essential characteristic is the vital power of Advance [136]