The Coconut’s Three Eyes 
As this coconut falls in the water, one of the eyes shown 
at the top throws up a sail-like leaf while the other two begin lo 
throw out a mass of roots within the excelsior-like covering, but insidé 
of the waterproof cover of the nut, which for the purpose of illus- 
tration, has been removed. When the sail has carried the 
nut to a new environment, the roots burst forth and 
the sail grows into a taller stalk, which finally 
becomes the trunk of the new palm. 
