CHAPTER III. 
EARLY GROWTH. 
Wo=oe AN OW perfect and beautiful is the pro- 
A vision made by Nature, within the 
small envelope of a little seed, 
for the setting in motion of the 
complex and marvellous system 
which is destined to. produce the 
“ future Tree we have seen in the preced- 
‘‘ ing chapter. We have seen that within 
+ the shelly or other integuments, often 
fashioned with singular beauty, of the Tree 
germ there is latent vitality ; but we have said 
nothing of the active hfe of the germ. We have 
touched only upon the preparations made for 
the commencement of that life, merely discuss- 
ing the position of the seed in its dormant 
