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Experiment Station of the Kansas State Agricultural College, Manhattan. Bulletin No. 76 (February, 1898) p. 11 Fifth Report on Kansas Weeds—Vegetative Propagation of Perennial Weeds A. S. Hitchcock, M. S., Botanist Geo. L. Clothier, B. S., Assistant 7. ROSA ARKANSANA, Porter. (Wild Rose.) Propagates extensively by creeping rootstocks, or under ground stems. Here and there new shoots arise from buds in the axils of scales on the rootstock, forming thus a new plant. Plate II. Fig. 7. Diagram showing the system of rootstocks 1-24 natural size. The side branches are mostly roots. Fig. 8, a portion of a small rootstock is shown natural size. Fig. 9. a portion of a large one is shown in which a lateral rootstock has started, 1/2 natural size. These two latter were horizontal.

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