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Within 9 inches below the point where the root begins to expand- or at the "hips" -it reaches its greatest size a circumference of 38 inches. The circumference 10 inches lower is 34 inches. Where the root is cut off, -76 inches below the surface of the earth each "leg" has a circum. of about six inches. Several good sized prongs branch off at points corresponding to the knees and lower.

My second specimen is a large onion shaped root, its bottom surface about 48 inches below the surface of the earth, giving off a large number of branches in an almost horizontal direction. Its greatest circumference is 40 inches measured horizontally. It gives out no branches laterally but is con-