I4 2 FLOWER-LAND. 



the seed escape ; but either gradually rots away 

 from the seed, or the seed bursts through it when 

 it begins to grow : the fruit is then called indehiscent* 

 Such are the fruits of the currant, gooseberry, cherry, 

 or hazel. 



When the fruits are ripening and the days are fine, 

 take pains to find examples of these differences and 

 try and understand them well, working also through 

 the list in the next chapter of some common names 

 by which different kinds of fruit are known. 



* From the Latin lt indehisco," " indehiscens," not gaping or opening. 



