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the young plant to feed upon, until its root has 
grown and is able to obtain food from the soil. 
7 . In all seeds we find food 
laid by for this purpose. It 
is not, however, always stored 
in the seed-leaves ; sometimes, 
as in the white, floury sub- 
stance of corn, or the oily 
kernel of the cocoa-nuts, it lies 
around the baby plant. In 
either case the parent plant 
provides that its offspring 
shall have enough to feed 
Castor Seed — cut across in two 
different ways. 
Beans: ( a ) Windsor-bean; (b) Kidney-bean. 
Beans with their Seed-leaves opening out. Germination of the Bean Plant 
a, the Plumule, b, the Radicle. (1) above ground, (2) below ground. 
upon until it is able to start life on its own account. 
8. Cut open a seed of corn or a castor seed that 
has been soaked in water, and you may find the 
