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the wonders I can tell you of this most wonderful 
part. To the preservation of seeds, all nature min¬ 
isters. In their manifold varieties are contained the 
chief nourishment of the race of man. For this 
use we are made ; and the winds blow, the rain 
falls, the sun shines, to draw forth from the bosom 
of the earth the flowers and fruits that will give 
him pleasure and help him to live. My family is 
among the first in the scale of importance, though 
my seeds are small, compared with most of my kin¬ 
dred. But look at that rosy peach. To form that, 
the leaves evolved, and the pretty flower blossomed. 
When it had caught in its rose-formed corolla all 
the rays of the sun that it could, the petals fell to 
the ground, and the seed swelled to its present size, 
protected by that soft and juicy pulp which all little 
girls love so dearly.” 
