. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. SEED GERMINATION 75 parts of a plant will make to grow in the right direction, may be interestingly shown in the following manner: Fill a cigar box with moist chaff or moss, and lay two grains of corn, germ side up, upon this material. A piece of window glass should now be fastened over the chaff and seed, and the box set on edge so the tips of the grains point downward. Moisten and allow them to Fig. 24. — Seedling plants trying to grow upward. The box has been turned over and the have changed
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. SEED GERMINATION 75 parts of a plant will make to grow in the right direction, may be interestingly shown in the following manner: Fill a cigar box with moist chaff or moss, and lay two grains of corn, germ side up, upon this material. A piece of window glass should now be fastened over the chaff and seed, and the box set on edge so the tips of the grains point downward. Moisten and allow them to Fig. 24. — Seedling plants trying to grow upward. The box has been turned over and the have changed their direction of growth. When the root and stem sprouts have become about an inch in length, turn the box over so that the tips of the grains point upward. Notice how the sprouts turn about, one to grow toward the earth, the other toward the light. 53. The Embryo becomes a Seedling. — An embryo becomes a seedling when it germinates. It remains a seedling as long as it depends upon the reserve food stored for it in the seed. Under favorable conditions for growth,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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