Show PLANT peculiarities the fruit nnie and alnea are protected ly thorn most persons think that the stem 0 plant grows from the roots an the contrary the roots grow from the stem in the case of a plant that dies down to the ground in autumn it Is not the roots that send up a new steni anth spring for a part of the true stem remains underground on ti croot crown and from it grow up the bud bearing stems in the spring when n seed germinates it sends the light loving stem upward and the barot i ing root downward saw off part of n tree trunk aiA lyou will fand a saries of ranga from tor to the bark each ring marking a year of growth but these rings indicate also which of the seasons through which the tree has lived were dry and which biad plenty of rali ther rings are always of unequal width the narrow ones represent dry seasons and the wide ones seasons when the conditions of growth were better by reason of plentiful rain every rose has its thorn and the came may be said of such fruits as blackberries raspberries rasp berries etc only they are not real thorns but brickles prickles pr ickles which strip off with the outer bark while thorns will not strip off being hardened undeveloped branches but eliy do bushes and vines have brickles prickles pr ickles abany people wonder atit for they see no good reason fori such a growth but there Is a reason aa th crets an fn everything in nature tho pr ickles are given to them as a protection against plant eating animals the stems have a pleasant aromatic 1 taste and cows and sheep would be sure to eat anem in winter when they crave something fresh ifju were not for the pr ickles |