HuW PLANTS (SHOW FHOM TIIK .SKKD. 



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U'livcs supplying' Jilmmlaiit iiiatnials for tlii'^'mwtli. A chori'v-si'tMl is just like nn 

 alinoml, only <>n " smaller seal*'. Fij.'. 3<S in tlu» nnlu'vo tif a CImtiv, with tli« 

 vtM'V thick stHMl-h'avfs a little scparat«'<l. Vi^. 39 is t\w saine ih'Vi'lopi'd ir»to a 

 youn^' plantlt't. F«'<1 l>y thr alumdaiit iiourishiiiciit in tlm st'i'il h'livoK, it shootn 

 up its sti'iii and unt'oMs thr«'«' or fotir leaves hefort* the MapK' (Fig. 28, 2y) or tiio 

 Morning' (Jlnry ( Ki;;. 20-22) 

 Would ha\r Muuh' any. It is 

 lilt' same ill t-lx* ( 'hi'stnut and 

 ilif llt'fcli. In tlu'M', as in tliH 

 ( 'hcrryand the Hran.tliethick 

 (teed-leaves, which make tho 

 whole kernel, come up, turn 

 ^'t'een, and l>ecom(> thinner 

 as they ^'i\e up their load of 

 nourishment to the ^'lowin^ 

 parts: thev evidently try to 

 hecoine useful ;.'i"een leaves ; 

 hut having' i)een usfd for hold- 

 ing noui'ishment, they remain 

 too thick and clumsy for f(di- 

 a;.'e, and they soon die or f.ill 

 off. hut in 



43- The Horse-chestnut, the 

 Arorn, and the Pea, the seed- 

 leaves are so very thick, and 

 so heavily loaded, that they 

 never undertake to serve any 

 other purpose than that of 

 feediM<; the otherparts as they 

 ^M'ow. So they remain in the 

 shell or husk; and, as they 

 are not to rise out of the 

 ^M-ound, there is no need f()r 

 their stemlet, or radide, to 

 lengthen. exceptenough to get 



