. True manhood : a manual for young men . Fig. I. Seeds, sJiaiving- farts {71 side. 42 TRUE MANHOOD. wide, low shrub, or a tree over three hundred feethigh, according to the kind of seed it is. This little lump of leaves and stem is the true babyplant, and before it begins to grow it is called a remainder of the inside is called the albumen orwhite, and the outside covering is called the envelope. Very small boys have also seen eggs, as birds,hens, and turkeys eggs, and know that eggs are ofdifferent colors, shapes and sizes. They are all theway in size from the tiniest insect eggs, t
. True manhood : a manual for young men . Fig. I. Seeds, sJiaiving- farts {71 side. 42 TRUE MANHOOD. wide, low shrub, or a tree over three hundred feethigh, according to the kind of seed it is. This little lump of leaves and stem is the true babyplant, and before it begins to grow it is called a remainder of the inside is called the albumen orwhite, and the outside covering is called the envelope. Very small boys have also seen eggs, as birds,hens, and turkeys eggs, and know that eggs are ofdifferent colors, shapes and sizes. They are all theway in size from the tiniest insect eggs, that canscarcely be seen, up to the eggs of the ostrich, a sin-gle one of which is as large as twenty-four hens eggsput together, and weighs three pounds. « And boys also know something of the inside ofeggs. Eggs are all made on the same plan, and con-tain the same parts, so that a figure of one will givean idea of Fig. II. Hens egg—Natural size. The eggs of animals correspond to the seeds ofplants. That is to say, it is the part in both fromwhich the new life springs, and their inside contentsarQ alike in many respects. TRUE MANHOOD. 43 The egg contains a germ, a little spot from whichstarts the young chick. It does not contain the formand shape of the chicken, as the plant germ containsthe form of the plant—they are unlike in this respect—but the germ is the point at which the change be-gins which turns the ^^^ into a little animal like itsparent. Both the seed and the ^^g have the albumenor white, but the latter has a yolk or yellow, and theformer has none. And both are inclosed in an out-side covering, shell or envelope. But the boys are most interested just now in hu-man seeds or eggs, from Avhich babies are born, andwe will pass on to a description of them. It IS usually the case in nature that the smallestplants and animals produce the smallest seeds andeggs, and the largest sizes,
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