FLOWER-LAND. 



PHYSIOLOGY. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 



ABSORPTION AND TRANSPIRATION. 



IN the first 

 beginning of life 

 there is a mystery 

 which cannot be 

 explained ; so at 

 present you must 

 be content to 

 know that under 

 certain conditions 

 of warmth and 

 moisture the little 

 cells of a seed 

 begin to move 

 and grow, and the 

 seed is found to 

 be alive. 



I think you 



Fig. i6 9 .-Lily of the Valley (ConvaHaria 



majalis). </, stamens with open anthers, showing will be able to 



pollen; f, trilocular capsule; g, transverse 



section. tell me what the 



