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A SCHOOLROOM GARDEN (Concluded) 
HE picture at the top of this page (Fig. 92) shows 
you how the young squash plant comes into the 
world; for you remember that in my pot garden I 
planted some squash seeds. And I hope that in your 
schoolroom garden you will watch this plant as it makes 
its first appearance. 
The baby food of the squash vine, like that of the 
bean, is stored away inside the seed leaves, which on 
this account are so large that they quite fill the seed 
shell. They are not so thick as those of the bean, but 
thick enough to hold all the nourishment that is needed 
to keep the young plant alive and hearty until it is big 
enough to shift for itself. 
Very soon after this seed is laid in warm, moist earth, 
its little plant begins to grow too large for the seed 
shell, and the white stem is pushed out through the 
HOlexyou. notice-at-one.end of the «seed. This stem 
