CHAPTER XIII 



MOEE ABOUT STAKTING NEW PLANTS 



Contact with nature affords a better tonic and nervine than the 

 pharmacist can compound. CARD. 



I. REPRODUCTION 



To start plants to the best advantage, we should know more about 

 them. First we will consider some more facts that concern reproduc- 

 tion by seed. 



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SECTIONS OF CORN KERNELS. 



In the top row the kernel is cut lengthwise; in the middle row, cross- 

 wise; in the bottom row, flatwise. The white part is starch; the gray 

 part, germ. 



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