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now PLANTS (iHoW riiOM THE SKFJ*. 



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41. Tho sood loaves of tho IJoim nro thickonod by hiivinjj so much nOurishm<»nt 

 Rion'd <i|) ill llu'in — so tiiucli of it that tlipy luako ^'ood food for mon. And tlie 

 object of this hirgo supply is that tho plant may crpow inoro stron^dy and rapidly 



from tln' siM'd. It n«M'd not, and it d(H's not wait, as 

 tho Maple and tlu? Moinin^' ( dory «lo, slowly to niako 

 tlie second pair of leaves, hut is able to develop 

 these at once. Acconiin^fly, the rmliiiients of these 

 next leaves may be seen in the seeil b«'fi>re ^'rriwth 

 be;;ins, in the form of a little bnd (Fij;. .^3, />), ready 

 to ^vow and unfold as soon as the thick seed loaves 

 themselves appear above trjonnd ( Fi;,'. .^4\ and soon 

 makiii;.; tin' lirst real foliaL'o 1 Fi-;. 35*. Foi- the 

 seed leaves of the Mean are thomselvi's so thick and 

 un<iainly, that, althoii;udi they turn <;roen, tlu'V hardly 

 serve foi- folia<,'e. hut, havin^j f.M\<'n up their <;roat 

 stot'k of nourishment to the forn'ini; root an<l new 

 leaves, and enabled these to ^'row much stron«;er and 

 faster than thov otherwise could, thev wither and 

 fall olV. It is nearly the same in 



4^. The Cherry, Almond, &r. i-'i^. 36 is an Almond 



taken out of tho shell, soake I a little, and the thin 

 seed-coat removed. The \\l;()le 



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