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‘rlll)clrs arc tilidwtlcd pilrtS of cith tV(>tS or stC?IllS (page G:3),
illl(l tulm--cuttitlgs, therefore, fall logioally under t.llose divisiorls
; but thy :m: so unlike ordiuaiy
(Mtiugs in forin that a sqmmte class&
c3tion is (lt3iraMc. One form of tuberwttitig
is sihen in Fig. 101.
Tukrs are storccl with starch, which
sllI)ports or supplk the plant in time of
IlW(l. ‘I’ul)(~r-~~~tt~iii~s, t lierefcm, are able
to supI)ort thcrnsel~x5 for a time if the)
art’ pl~c’(l itI cmiclitioi~s suited to their
F-11;. 101. ( ‘tit filw of ;t \-qret;~tioll. Roots rarely arise from the
]N,t:lto t,ut)l’I..
tubers tli~~nist4ves, hut from the base of
tllc ~voul~g shoots tllilt. sl)riiig froin them. This fat+ is fainiliilrl)’
iIlllSttYlttvl it) the cuttiiigs of Irish atld swWt p0tAtWS.
l’h >‘01111:, p ‘spl’otlts c%ll l.W rcbui()\Vth(l il11Cl pl;tllt~Yl separately,
atltl 0ttitW itI*iSV i’t’o1ii tlW tulm to t;lli(~ their pl:LWS. This
pm4 i(*th is (~rkqhyc~l s(mith~(5 with nc’w or sctm~e mri-
(ohs of ttle lristl ~IOtiltO, ati(1 tllrt~(~ or folir crol)s of rooted
sprouts (‘it11 1)(& c)l)tilillt”(l ft?)ttt Otlc’ thcr. ‘1’tit~ tub3 is cut
it) t\Yo hj$t~wis(~, au(l is ttlcl11 hit1 in (lamp ikioss or loose
clrttr \vittl ttl(n (#lit. surfii(btb (lowly, iill(l i\S SO011 itS tile sprouts
tlir(,\v (hilt roots s~~f-kicic~tit f01* lllililltC’tl;1I1C’t’ tlithJV are severed
Wld puttd Ott’. Snvtvt I)otatc)c5 ;tr(’ ~~S~lilll>’ propugatecl iii this
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