1st (nearest root) 0¾

2nd 0¾

3rd 1½

4th 1¾

5th 3

6th 4

7th 3¼

8th 3

9th 2¼

10th 1½

1 ft. 9¾ in.

But the thickness of the joints and length of terminal flower stalk bring
the total to two feet and about an inch over. I dare not pull it straight,
or should break it, but it overlaps my two-foot rule considerably, and
there are two inches besides of root, which are merely underground stem,
very thin and wretched, as the rest of it is merely root above ground, very
thick and bloated. (I begin actually to be a little awed at it, as I should
be by a green snake--only the snake would be prettier.) The flowers also, I