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Roots (Botany)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alfalfa Roots 5 1/2 Feet Deep in Hard Clay, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3300
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a cross-section of earth showing alfalfa roots growing 5 1/2 feet deep in hard clay.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Balanophora Diocia, 19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1619/22/1
Scope and Contents

Balanophora diocia, copied from lower part of plate 78.

Dates: 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Drawings and prints collected by Hugh Cleghorn / Six coloured copies from John Forbes Royle's Illustrations of the Botany of the Himalayan Mountains

Root Development of Yearling Alfalfa Plants, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3301
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a cross section of earth showing the root development of yearling alfalfa plants.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Roots of Math (Phaseolus aconitifolius) and Roots of Oats (Avena sativa), 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3230
Scope and Contents

Photographs of the roots of both math (Phaseolus aconitifolius) and oats (Avena sativa) over a period of a year between 1918 and 1919.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection

Water Jet Excavation of Roots, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2577
Scope and Contents

Photograph of a cross-section of land showing the root system of a plant after a water jet excavation.

Dates: 1870s-1930s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Roslin Slide Collection