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ning to germinate. 



I shall tell you first about the organs of nutrition, 

 the Stem, and Root, and Leaves. 



Now if we can go into a garden and dig up one of 

 the plants which are just peeping 

 above the ground in a row of peas 

 or beans, it will be the best way of 

 beginning our second talk about 

 stems (cf. Ch. v). 



Dig up a plant carefully, root 

 and all, and you will probably r 



have the seed with it. You see Fi s-. 42.-Bean begin- 

 that from one part of the seed 

 the little stem has pushed its way 

 upwards till it has just appeared 

 above the surface of the soil 

 (Figs. 42 and 43). It has come 

 from a germ,* or young plant, 

 which is called the embryo^- which 

 was in the seed. Think of that. 

 Snugly packed within the skin 

 or covering of a seed is the baby 

 plant. Of course it is very small, 

 and its parts are not developed, 

 but still it is there, and alive, 

 that is ready to grow as soon Fig> 43 ._ T he same fur- 

 as its circumstances are such that ther advanced - 



, TT A. plumule, r radicle. 



it can do so. Here is a picture ^ seed leaves. 



* Germ, origin. That from which anything springs. 

 f From the Greek " en" in, " bruo" to swell ; the first beginning or 

 origin of. 



