FfOW PLANTS (IKoW lHoM THK SKKO. 



>5 



v ill the 



o, as in 

 oUy-like 

 its fol'ls. 

 wliilf of 

 its littU' 

 1 ami fX- 



^en Uoes 



So, when 

 ' or ^nim, 

 own, Jiiul 

 iclics, aiitl 

 ()U is eou- 

 n'liccinto 

 2) wliich 

 !j row til. 

 is tiu'lu'st 

 M'i'U witli- 

 .ni is tlif 



11 (frowth 

 w it to 1-t.') 

 li'd in 11h' 

 int(» tli<' 

 (). aii'l tht' 

 aiitU't the 

 eel milk is 

 o linu nii<l 

 the s(hm1. 

 jrjir a,u;si '■ 

 wbich tho 



emhrvo imMlM'sniid fj'fds oji as it sprouts, Tliat tli*- iiiral oi- staicli cf tho ju'riiin 

 is actually (•liaii<r«'tl into siiirar ii( this time is clfaily shown hy malting', wliich is 

 incroly causing' heaps of ju'i'siin to sju'ont a lilth', and tlicn dcstroyin<; tho life «.f 

 the eiiiltryo hy dry lieat : wlicn the •/rain mow malt) is t'ouiid to he sweet, and 

 to contain much siii^ar. 



36. 'I'lie iiouri.-Iiiiieiit which the mot lier-|dant provides in the seecl is nr)t alv\ ay.s 

 st(»red iij> oiitsi le of t lie emld'Vo. In many cases it i> deposited /// tif iinhnjn 

 itself, mo>t commonly in tlie seed leaves. Then tlu' seed consists of nothing,' hut 

 the emhryo witliin its ((>at>. Alaple-seeds are of this sort. I''i^', 2 | represents ji 



seed of Med Maple in tlie lower part of the w in^'til seed. 

 vessel, which is cut ;iway so as to show it in its place, l-'iij. 

 ^5 is the sei'd a little ma^'nilied, and with thr' coats cut aw.iy, 

 hrin^diijU' to \ iew its emhi-yo coiled np within and lillini,' tl.e 

 seed coiiiplettly. Vv^- 2ft is the j'liil lyo taken out, and :i 

 little unfolded ; liclow is the radi; le er ."-tendct ; aho\(' .are tho 

 two seed lea\('s p,iitly cnimjiled together. 

 Fi,y. 27 is (he eml)ryo when it has straiirlit- 

 eiicd itxlf out, thrown olT tlio seed-coats^ 

 and hei,Min to ^'low. Here the S( ed IraveS 

 are I'.ather thick when they (irst iinf(d<l ; this 

 is on account of t he nourishing' matter w hicU 

 was contained in t!ieir fahiic, and which is 

 nse(l m.ainly for the earliest ^LTrowtli of tho 

 ratlicle or stemlet, and for the root foiiin d 

 at its lowj'r eii<l, as we see in tlui next Ht'ure 

 (Fi^. 28: n, tho radicle or stemlet of the emhryo; A, A, tlie two seed Ic.avis; 

 r, tho root). \W this time the little stock of nourishment is exhausted. I5ut tho 

 plant, haviiiir alreatly a root in tho soil and a pair of lca\cs in th(! air, is .ahle to 

 shift for itself, to take in air, water, iKv., and l»y the aid of sunshine on its folia«. e 

 to make the nourishment for its future <;rowth. In a week or two it will ha\e 

 made onou<;h to enahle the next step to be taken. Then a little hud aj)pears nt 

 the upper end of the stemlet, hetween the two seeddeaves, and soon it shows 

 the rudiments of a new pair of leavt s {Vii;. 28, '/) ; a new joint of stem forms to 

 support them (Fiij. 29) ; this len<;tlu'ns just as the stemlet of the emhryo did, an I 

 60 the pUmtlet gets a second pair of leaves, raised on a second joint of stem 



