THE COCONUT'S THREE 

 EYES 



The coconut, as everyone knows, has 

 a very hard shell, this protection cover- 

 ing the whole nut except at one end 

 where there are three unprotected 

 "eyes" From one of these, when the 

 nut sprouts to make a new plant, a 

 strong root emerges, and a mass of 

 roots is soon produced within the 

 excelsiorlike covering, but inside the 

 waterproof cover of the nut, which, for 

 the purpose of illustration, has been re- 

 moved. When the nut finds the proper 

 environment, the roots burst forth and 

 'grow rapidly. A tall stalk soon ap- 

 pears, which finally becomes the trunk 

 of the new palm. 



