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as if the plant grew in the clefts of the rocks, and had a long distance 

 to thrust its seed-leaves into the light and air (fig. 12). The requirements 

 of seedlings are, it need hardly be said, of the same character. We 

 all know the care that is requisite to secure the germination and the rearing 

 of these delicate organisms. 



" In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand." 

 Eccles. xi. 6. 



FlCh 12.— GERMINATION OF PRIMULA RETICULATA, 



Showing radicle, caulicle, long-stalked cotyledon, c, plumule, p, and an adventitious 

 root springing from the stem above and between the cotyledons, an indication 

 of the speedy decay of the primary root. 



The mode of growth of the Androsaces is similar. They are, it is true, for 

 the most part not annuals, but in their roct-growth some of them (the ctespitose 



