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of the seeds out of taiiiariiul jam ; either will 

 L^row rcariil}- in a i)ot of earth, if it is placed in 

 a sunn\' window, or near a stove, and kept moist. 



Orange and lemon pips ma)' sometimes be 

 found sprouting; within the fru'it, and either of 

 these seeds will i^erminate, and form charming 

 little evergreen plants to brighten a town w indow- 

 ledge. 



Now we need not be afraid of those two long 

 words which are used to de- 

 scribe one-leaved and two- 

 leaved seedlings, since we 

 know their meaning, and it 

 will be interesting when we 

 come across some new plant 

 to see to which division it 

 belongs, because knowing that will mean know ing 

 a great deal besides. 



All our h'nglish trees (with the exception of the 

 firs, which ha\e man)- seed-leaves) are (licot)-le- 

 dons ; the)' increase their stems from the outside, 

 and are therefore called exogens, and most of our 

 plants belong to this division. 



The monocotyledons increase from the centre, 



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