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do not know of any other berries in which you could 
find these two little holes; and as I do not believe it 
would be possible for you to guess what made these 
holes, I will tell you about them. 
The flowers of the partridge vine always grow in 
‘twos. The seedboxes of these two flowers are joined 
in one. So when the flowers fade away, only the one 
seedbox is left. When this ripens, it becomes the 
partridge berry; and the two little holes show where 
the two flowers were fastened to the seedbox. 
Try not to forget this, and early next July be sure to 
go to the woods and look for the little sister flowers. 
Perhaps their delicious fragrance will help you in your 
hunt for their hiding place. Then see for yourselves 
how the two blossoms have but one seedbox between 
them (Fig= 35). 
