THE WALNUT 



Mystery of Plant Life Experiments 



A knowledge of plant life being very essential 

 to success, a good opportunity is now offered to 

 make some valuable experiments. Under the influ- 

 ence of warmth and moisture germination begins. 

 The radicle or tap root first appears and grows 

 downward. With a sharp knife cut the point of the 

 radicle of several of the nuts and put them into 

 another box of sand to study from time to time 

 their growth. The taproot grows several inches in 

 length before the stalk starts. The point from which 

 each part starts is the crown of the tree. Watching 

 Ihe plants for a few r days, tiny stalks will be observed 

 reaching upward for air and sunshine. Between the 

 pair of unfolding leaves a bud (plumule) reaches 

 upward and lengthens the stalk. Break off the 

 stalk at the first pair of leaves and watch the result. 



As observed in the taproot the various laterals 

 branch out from the point where it was cut up to 

 the crown; likewise other leaf buds will unfold 

 from the point where broken down to the crown, to 

 give other stalks to the tree. 



Secure a microscope of sufficient power fo show 

 the cell and cell structure of the plant. Cut off the 

 taproot near to the crown, and with a razor cut off 



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