SPROUTING BEAN 



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SUPPLEMENTARY WORK 



How a Bean comes up. — In every seed a young plant is 

 wrapped up just as a plant is wrapped in a bulb. In only a 

 few other seeds can the new plant be so plainly seen as in a 

 bean. 



When a bean sprouts, the growing stem lifts the whole bean 

 above ground. How is the sprouted bean changed in color? 



Sprouting Beans 



What becomes of the first pair of leaves on a bean plant ? 

 How soon after the bean comes up do the second pair of leaves 

 appear ? 



How Some Other Seeds come up. — Plant some peas as you 

 did the beans. When the new pea plants appear do the seeds 



OVER. NAT, STUD. 



