THE SEED. 5 



CONCLUSIONS : 



1. Seeds will not sprout unless they get some water or 



moisture. 



2. Seeds will not sprout when the ground is too cold. 



3. Seeds will not sprout when they are in undrained soil 



that is full of water, because they cannot get air. 



4. Seeds will not sprout when they are buried too deeply 



so that the air cannot reach them. 



The seed is the beginning of the plant, and with the plant, 

 as with so many other things, it is of very great importance to 

 have a good start. This means that we should have good liv- 

 ing seed seed that will grow, free from weed seeds. Then we 

 must have a good, fine, level seed-bed, on a well-drained field, 

 so that the seed can be sown evenly and covered properly. 

 Moderate rains and bright sunshine will cause the seed to 

 sprout, and the young plants will soon appear at the same time 

 in all parts of the surface of the field. This brings us to the 

 study of the young plant, which will form the next chapter. 



Describe the seeds of corn or maize, buckwheat, the turnip, the 

 thistle, the dandelion, the strawberry, the gooseberry, the pumpkin, the 

 grape, the cherry, the apple, the maple, the elm, the basswood, the beech, 

 the hickory. 



What is the effect of steeping seed just before it is sown? What kind 

 of water should be used hot, warm, or cold ? 



How are seeds distributed naturally ? 



What kinds of seeds may be easily carried by water, by wind, by birds, 

 by animals? 



Why do we find willows along streams ? 



