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now PLANTS (JHOW KKoM lilK SKKD. 



Analysis of the Section. 



I.* riantH consist of two kinds of Or;;.ins : tliosi- of Vc^'i'tiitinn ; what tlioy arc. 2. Those of 

 IJt'pitxliictioii ; wliat they aif, what thi'ir ii^c. 



4. Thf lior)t ; what it iH; rootlfts. 5. Tht- Stem ; w)iat it is, wliat it bears. ^1. Leaves, 7. Tlie 

 I'iant ill Vri;etatioii ; action of tlie root. stem, anil leaves ; they clianu'e e.irth, air, and water into 

 hiiiiri.Niiincnt, aiitl use tliis nonrislinieiit in growing. 8. Sliruh or tree like an hurl), only nunft 

 extended. 



I). 'I'iie ])hint reproilures itself, hy seed ; hlos-oniinu. 10. Ohjeet of flowois, fniit, seed : all in- 

 tendeil for producin;,' tlie ;;eini or embryo : wii.-it tliis is. 



ir. Flowers, why iiurticuhiily interestinj^ tn tin- botanist. 12. What the jmrts of a tlower are ; 

 Floral I'lnvelojies ; Essential ()r;;aiis, wliy so called. 



13. C/'.dyx. 14. Corolla. 15. Slaniens ; what they ronsist of ; Filament; Antlu ; ; I'ollen. 16. 

 Pistils; how situated ; jiarts of n pistil; ()\ary, Style. Sti;;ina ; its use. 17. Stamens and ]>istil 

 sliown in another llower. ancl tlic ]iarts exjilained : Ovules, what tliey an>. 18. All these paits not 

 alw.ij-s i»resent ; what ones often wanting'. 10. Leaves of a corolla, called Petals; of a calyx, 

 Se pills. 20. Wh;it lei'omi s of the ])arts of a blossom. 



21. Kniit, wliat it is. wiiat it contains. 22. Seeds, wliat they are. what the part is that grows. 

 23. Kuibiyo or (ierni ; wliat it consists of : (' )tyledons r)r Seed-leaves : iia'iicle or Stemlet. 



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Skctidn II. How Plants Grow frcm the Seed. 

 24. Illustrated by the Morning Glory. Wc now know wii.-it .ill tin- i)nrts of a i)lant 



avo ; that a ]>l!iMt. Mt'tcr ofrowiiii: or Nci^ctat inir awhile, Mossdhis ; that Mowers give 

 rise to frtiil ; that the fruit cotit.iiiis one oi' iiinie sccils ; ami that t he essential ]\*irt 

 of a seed is the enihryo or ireriii of a new |il:nit . To ]tr(iiliice, protect, ami nourish 

 this germ is the ohjeet of the llower. the fruit, ami the seeil. 'I'lie ohjeet of the 

 emltryo is to gi-ow ami hecome a new jiiant. How it gi-ows is what we have now 

 to learn. 



25. Life in a Seed. lUit first lot ns notice tliat it (hu s not generally grow at once. 

 Althoiii'li alive, a .seed nuiv for a lonir w hile sliow no siifns of life, and feel neither 

 the simniiei's heat nor the winter's cold. Still it lives on where it falls, in this 

 slitnil>oriiig way, until the next s[)ring in most jdtints. or sometimes tnitil the spring 

 .'ifter that, liefore it hegins to grow. 'There is a great ditference in this respect in 

 dilVerent seeds. Those of Red Maple lipeii in the spring, and start ahotit the mid- 

 dle of the snnimer. Those of Sugar Maple ri[)en in the fall, and lie (piiet until the 

 ne.xt spring. When gathered ;ind laid n|) in .a dry ]ilace, immy seeds will keejt alive 

 for two, three, ov .sever.al years ; .and in this statt> plants may he safely transported 



The numbers are those of the jiara^jraphs. 



