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5. Take all the shell off. Separate the two halves of the seed. 

 Draw half the seed with young plant four times natural size, 

 i.e. x4. 



6. Draw the following fruits and seeds : hazel nut, rose-hip, 

 grain of wheat, Spanish chestnut, horse-chestnut. Make each drawing 

 at least 2 in. long and write the scale at the side of each (thus, x 4). 

 Say in each case whether it is a fruit or a seed, giving reasons. 



HOME WORK. 



Cut transversely through the unripe seed-vessel of any flowering 

 plant and draw the cross-section about six inches in size as in 

 Fig. 9. 



Fig. 9. Seed-vessel of Narcissus cut across transversely. 



