CH. VII.] THE FRUIT AND SEED. '213 



and as ail are subjects of interest to the gardener, 

 eacli may liave advantageously a separate notice. 



1. The capsule is diy, woody, or membranous, 

 containing one or more cells, as in the poppy, cle- 

 matis, ash, and paeony. 



'2. The siliqua or pod, is long, diy, and has two 

 valves separated by a linear receptacle, along the 

 edges of which are ranged the seeds alternately. 

 Instances are hi the stock, wall-flower, and cabbage. 



3. The legume has tsvo dr}" long valves united by 

 a seam at their edges, having no dividing receptacle 

 as in the pod, but with the seed attached to one 

 edge, as in the pea, bean, laburnum, and other legu- 

 mmous plants. 



4. The drupe or stone fruit is usually soft and 

 fleshy, not separating into valves ; but enclosing a 

 woody nut to which it is attached, as in the peach, 

 plum, olive, and cherry; but sometimes more diy, 

 as in the almond and cocoa nut. 



5. The pome, or apple, is usually fleshy like the 

 drupe, but enclosing a capsule \\'itli several seeds, 

 instead of a nut, as in the common apple and pear. 



6. The berry is pulpy and has its seed embedded 

 in its substance as in the asparagus, currant, goose- 

 beiTy, strawberiy, raspbeny, potatoe, orange, melon, 

 cucumber, and medlar. 



7. The strobile or cone is scaly, tough, and woody, 

 formed of the catkin or calyx which has become 



