GROWTH OF SEEDS 



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Fro. 12. The honey bee gathers honey only from those flowers which are open and ready 

 to receive or distribute pollen. <F. C. Pellett.) 



Fio. 13. When the pistil of the peanut Fia. 14. Base of peanut plant, showing seeds, 



blossom receives its pollen its stem greatly 

 elongates downward and pushes the end into 

 the soil. Here the pod develops into the 

 mature peanut. (U. S. D. A.) 



roots and nodules. (U. S. D. A.) 



