Lily-kin and Rose-kin 7 
Each represents one of the two great. classes, 
into which most flowering plants are divided. The 
lily’s tribe is described by the ponderous term 
‘‘Monocotyledons,”” and includes palms, rushes, 
sedges, grasses, the Calla-lily and her kin, the 
queenly orchids, and many simple flowers, better 
known and better loved than either. 
The rose is a ‘‘Dicotyledon,’’ and member of a’ 
series whose names are legion. 
The differences between these two great classes 
of plants, of which lily and rose are types, begin 
while they yet lie dormant in the seed and may 
be clearly seen at every point in their subsequent 
development. 
Every seed, of whatever variety, contains a little 
plant, completely formed and snugly folded into 
the smallest possible compass. Packed around this 
little plant, or incorporated into its substance, 
there is (in most cases) a store of starchy food 
which will nourish it till it grows large and strong 
enough to shift for itself. And wrapped about the 
outside of the seed there are generally two coats, 
the inner very thin and fine, and the outer com- 
paratively firm and tough. 
The peculiarities which ae the seeds of 
the Monocotyledons may be readily seen in a 
