SEEDS. 
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from many; so that in such we have a number 
of little fruits massed together to form a com- 
pound fruit, as in the pine-apple, bread-fruit, 
jack-fruit, and fig." 
SEEDS. 
1. Jane and Frank had many other talks with 
their father, and although they did not remember 
all he told them, I am sure that the more they 
heard about plants the more they liked to watch 
their growth. I will 
tell you what their 
father taught them 
about seeds. This is 
what he said: 
2. A fresh seed is a 
living thing. It is 
really a baby plant, 
with a store of food on which it may feed until 
its roots can find other food. 
3. If you peel from a bean (or pea) its stiff 
outer skin and its tender inner skin, you will 
find that the seed easily splits into halves. The 
halves are the two seed-leaves, and they are hinged 
together. Look closely, and you will find the 
baby plant. You may even trace its tiny bud, 
The two halves of a Bean. 
