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WHY TFIKY (iFtOW .SO VKiOUOrSLY IN SPRING. 



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\onff prpcoflin^' l;il)Our. Not only was tlio tiMuU'i* vonluro wliich, aftor a fow spiiii;» 

 showers and suimy days, is so suddenly spread out over field and forest, all pre- 

 pared Ix'foreliand most of tlu' leaves, even, nmde the suniiiior hefore, and sini^ly 

 packed away in winter-liuds- but the nourishment which enables them to un- 

 f(dd and ;r»'()\v so fast was also prepared for this purjxmo l»y the folia<;e of tho 

 vear Itefore, and laid uj) iintil it was wanted. The j^i-ain ^i-ows with vi;,'(»ur, he- 

 cause fed with the richest jtrodurts of tlu) mothei-| laiit, the results of a former 

 Year's ve;;«'talion. Tlu' Lily-hlossom de\«*lops in all its ;,'lory without toil of its 

 own, because all its nuiterials wer«» ^'athei-ed from the earth and the air lon^ 

 before, by the roots ami the loaves, numufactured by the latter into ve^r^tablo 

 nuitter, and this storeil up for a year or two luuler ^'r()unil in the bottoms of tho 

 leaves (as starch, jelly, su<,'ar, i^'c), an<l in nuuiy cas»«s actually made into blossoinn 

 in the dark earth, where the llower-iaids lie slumbeiin;L,' in the protectin«; bidl) 

 throu^'h the cold winter, and in summer promptly unfold in beauty for our 



delife'ht. 



Analysis of the Section. 



51. The seedling is a coinjilcte plant on tho slniplost scale ; in urowtli it nienly incroaRps its part*, 

 ami inultiplit'S them in ininiljtT, an fast as it niakfs niateiials fur mi)\vth. 52. (Siiii|pl«' stems, how 

 ftJinied and carried iij), jtit'ce hy piece. 53. IJranclies : 54. of Hoots, how tliey diHii- from tho^e, 

 55. of Steni.s. Where tliuse arise from ; in wliat form they ajipear. 56, IJuds, wliat they are. 

 57. Terminal Hud, wliat it niakes. f,S. Axillary I'tids ; why so named ; what they make. 59. Ifowr 

 hranches are arranged, and what their arrangement depemis npon : alternate; opposite. Co. The 

 spray iind huds of shruhs and trees ia winter; Leuf-scars. 61. Why hranches are not as regular 

 and as many as the huds or leaves. 



62. 63. The Duration and Ciiaractcr of I'laiits a.s affecting tho way they grow. 64. Ilerhs. 63. 

 Shruhs. 66. Tre»'s. 67. Ilerhs are anninds, hiennials. or perenidals. 



68. Annuals; their mode of life ; i-haracter of their roots, intended only for ahsorhing ; duration, 

 &c. 69. I'.iennials; how defined ; examples, 70. Character of their roots, and illustiatious of their 

 mode of life ; tho first year, food made and stored uj) ; tho second year, food expended, for what 

 ]>urpose. 71. How V>ienidals may sometimes he made perennial, and annuals hit tiiiial. 72. Tiie store 

 of food may la; kept in the leaves, or in the stems ahove grouiul ; Cahlt.-ige, ki:. 



73. ]*erennials; what they are ; mode of life of perennial herhs from year to year ; accumulation 

 of food in roots. 74. Accumulation of food in underground br.inches ; Tiihers, as of (Jronnd Arti- 

 choke. 75. Potato illustrated. 76. Accumulation in whole stems or hranches under ground ; I'oot- 

 stucks. 77. Accumulation of food in leaves, ahove ground, as in Houseleek ; or ir* the hottoms of 

 leaves, usually under ground ; lJull)s ; as of Lily, and, 78. of Onion. 



79. Food, how stored up in shruljs and trees, and for what purpose ; used in leaflng and blossoming 

 in spring. 80. A lesson taught hy vegetation. 



