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FIRST STUDIES OF PLANT LIFE 
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THE GROWTH AND PARTS OF PLANTS 
CHAPTER I 
HOW SEEDLINGS COME UP FROM THE GROUND 
The life in a dry seed. For this study we shall use - 
seeds of beans, peas, maize, marrow, sunflower, and 
buckwheat. You may use some other seeds if they 
are more convenient, but these are easy to get at corn 
stores or seed stores. If you did not know that they 
were seeds of plants, you would not believe that these 
dry and hard objects had any lifein them. They show 
no signs of life while they are kept for weeks or 
months in the packet or bag im a dry room. 
But plant the seeds in damp soil m the garden or _ 
field durmg the warm season, or plant them in a box 
or pot of damp soil kept in a warm room. For several 
days there is no sign that any change is taking place 
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