tained. Large seeds may be hur- 

 ried in g< rmination by soaking in 

 water the night before planting. 

 on. mi good n suits may be obtained 

 by digging the row for the seeds, by 

 filling with wat r, and after the 

 lias si aked In, by sowing the 



in the trench. 

 We hope that you have remera- 

 •■i .is are grouped into 

 I the number of their coty- 

 For instance, monocotyle- 

 dons are plants haying one cotyledon 



as corn; dicotyledons haw 

 seed the bean; polyootyle- 



have many cotyledons, the 





QUESTIONS 



1 What is a seed? 



2 What awakens the seed? 



How does the seed bury itself? 

 * How does the water first enter 

 the seed? 



5 What happens when water first 

 • ntt is the seed? 



6 What dees the seed try to do 

 with its coat? 



7 When is the food stored for 

 the small plant? 



8 v the rule for planting 

 seeds? What determines this rule? 



How may germination be 

 hurried? 



1" How are plants grouped? 

 Many of our gardeners will re- 

 cognize that some of the material 

 found in tin- last two milliners cf 

 the "Junior" reviews the lessons 

 given by the student teachers. This 

 ing to help you to remem- 

 ber what is taught you. 



•j* CHILDREN'S ARTICLES 4 

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HOW DEEP TO PLANT SEEDS 



1 v< ry interesting for 



i have always planted my 



things so deep in the ground that 



uning up. 

 I ha mow far 



to plant seeds. We had an < xperi- 

 and quit.' far d >WU we plant- 

 ed a set d and a little higher up an- 

 other until we planted another seed 

 lit place. The 01 8 in the 

 right • • high now. The 



re still struggling to g 

 to the light I remember one tin* 

 I had some very I i< e seeds and I 

 W< it out at d dug a great hrle and 



dropped them in. It is over a 

 now and 1 have had nothing from my 

 seeds. I have learned how far down 

 to plant my seeds and the next time 

 I shall know and d 

 some flowers. I fa the 



rub- which is to plant tin- | 1 from 



three to fi dia- 



meter. 



WELL \ PARWBLL 

 High 5th Grade. .land. 



• * • 



PLANTS NEED LIGHT 



To be sure that a plant n 

 light, rimenl in our 



class room. \\V had | 



ii in a box. We put a 

 I box over a 

 box kept th- tight from' the p 

 About two weeks after we too 

 off to see what th.- result was 

 plant had turned yellov 



that did not ha\e 

 o\. r th, m w ,.,-,. green. This ei 

 m nt show.-; that a plant needs light 

 VERNA JBF 

 "th Grade, Washii hool, 



Oakland 



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PLANTS NEED HEAT 



The plants need heat. if you 

 plant some seeds in the shade 

 th< n plant some in the sun 

 w.il find that the one you pn 

 the sun will tome up Brat We 

 d this by planting some seeds 

 in two cans. We put one away from 

 mi and one in the sun. Tin 

 oi.e in the sun Is lots larger than the 

 other one. 



JAMES REED, 

 A 5th Qr Oakland 



Possibly the presence of more 

 had more to do with rapid growth 

 than the difference in heat. This ex- 

 periment hardly proves that heat 

 the controlling factor alon< 



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A SEED 



A seed is an tiny plant surround- 

 ed by food. It needs i> 

 of air. m« and good 



pyle, cotyledons and em 

 ! lowing how the seed net d< d air 

 we tied some seeds i 

 put tie m into a I 



we pot in the cork to shut out 

 we took a glass 

 put some and seed 



and did not 

 out the air. The on< s we put into a 

 glass have come up very 



. and the one we put in 

 the not sprouted, so 



that showed thai a seed ne-ds air. 



