OF THE FRUIT. 



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266 207 



Prnpe, — a ripe 



104. In the fruit we see the end and 

 aim of plant-life accomplished, accord- 

 in o; to the wise and good design of the 

 great Creator. While it serves to re- 

 produce and keep alive the plants upon 

 the earth, it also serves as food for ani- 

 mals and for man. 



165. It is curious to observe how dif- ^- 266 

 ferent are the parts of the fruit which Cherry. 

 in different plants become food. In the ^'^- ^-^''- Tryma -acora 

 Apple, we eat the calyx winch here 



adheres to the ovary, and in ripening was thickened and en- 

 larged by the nutritions snbstance. In the Strawberry, we 

 eat the enlarged, pnlpy 

 torus, which bears, all 

 over its surface, the little 

 dry, seed-like fruit. In 

 Peach, the luscious mor- 

 sel is the outer coats of 

 the ovary itself; and in 

 the Orange, it is the in- 

 ner coat. In the ISTiit, 

 Pea, Wheat, and most 

 plants, the nourishing 

 matter is laid np in the seeds, while the carpels ripen into 

 a dry fruit. 



166. The fruit consists of the seeds and the seed-vessels. 

 The word pericarp means the same as see<l-vessel. When 



164. Mention some of tlie uses of tlio fruit. 



1G5. Can you tell us -vvliat part of the Apple is eaten ? What part of the 

 Strawberry is the eatable part ? What part of tlie Peach ? the Orange ? In 

 what part is the nutritious matter deposited in the Pea? Wheat? Almond? 



Fig. 2GS. Etrerio,— a Blackbeiry. 

 Fiff. 269. Capsule of Violet, open. 



