. The propagation of plants ; giving the principles which govern the development and growth of plants, their botanical affinities and peculiar properties; also, descriptions of the process by which varieties and species are crossed or hybridized, and the many different methods by which cultivated plants may be propagated and multiplied . Plant propagation. FLOWEES, PEFITS AND SEEDS. 73. accm). Mandrake or May apple (PodopJiyllum), Partridge- berry {Mitchella) and Wintergreenberry {GauUherid), besides Melons, Squashes, Pumpkins, Cu- cumbers, Tomatoes, etc., aU of whicli come under the head of e
. The propagation of plants ; giving the principles which govern the development and growth of plants, their botanical affinities and peculiar properties; also, descriptions of the process by which varieties and species are crossed or hybridized, and the many different methods by which cultivated plants may be propagated and multiplied . Plant propagation. FLOWEES, PEFITS AND SEEDS. 73. accm). Mandrake or May apple (PodopJiyllum), Partridge- berry {Mitchella) and Wintergreenberry {GauUherid), besides Melons, Squashes, Pumpkins, Cu- cumbers, Tomatoes, etc., aU of whicli come under the head of edible fruits. In 'tropical and semi-tropical countries there is still a greater number which I must omit mentioning here, but nearly all will be named elsewhere. Natttre of Seeds.—Seeds are embryo plants, the mature, fecundated ovule, with Fig 31- certain nutritive properties stored up withm various protective organs. A seed is also a living organism which separates from its parent, and is then capable of becoming a new individual of the same species. When mature they contain various albuminous, ligne- ous and oily compounds required to supply the young plantlet with nutriment during its early stages of growth, or until roots are produced through which it can obtain nutri- ents from surrounding elements. Some seeds acquire a stony hard- ness when npe, as seen in the Ivory Nut; others remain soft and fleshy, as in the Horse- chestnut, or partly fleshy and partly liquid, as in the Cocoanut; others, like those of the maples and elms, are soft, and the cotyledons leaf-like; others are of a starchy nature, as in Oats, Buckwheat and the Onion. Seeds are usually enclosed in a peri- carp or seed-vessel, which offers protec- tion to the kernel and germ. Some- times there are several of these protective organs, as seen. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustra
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