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EXPERIMENTS WITH PLANTS 



advantage in having the seed flattened ? In a flat- 

 tened seed, what is the best position for the opening ? 

 Where is the opening usually found in a flattened 

 seed? 



What course does the water take after entering the 

 seed ? Perhaps the best way to trace the path of the 

 water is by dissolving some coloring matter in it. 

 Eosin (obtainable as Eosin Pink, one of the Diamond 



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Three idws of Corn planted at the same time, each grain being 

 half-buried in the moist soil: those in the first row were placed 

 flat on the surface; those in the second row with tlie pointed end 

 upward; those in the last row with the pointed end downward. 



