. Complete farmer's guide. Agriculture; Farm life. [from old catalog]. PLANT GROWTH 11 10. The Seed.—As most farm plants are raised from seed, let us begin with the seed. Many so-called seeds are not simply seeds, but are fruits, or parts of fruits, containing one or more seeds. The so-called seeds vary in many ways. Some are large as an egg, such as the alligator-pear's; others. Fig. 8. Different types of so-called with parts of the fruit adhering. which are in reality true seeds are smaller than the mustard-seed; some are encased in hard shells and hulls, like the hickory-nut; others are in-
. Complete farmer's guide. Agriculture; Farm life. [from old catalog]. PLANT GROWTH 11 10. The Seed.—As most farm plants are raised from seed, let us begin with the seed. Many so-called seeds are not simply seeds, but are fruits, or parts of fruits, containing one or more seeds. The so-called seeds vary in many ways. Some are large as an egg, such as the alligator-pear's; others. Fig. 8. Different types of so-called with parts of the fruit adhering. which are in reality true seeds are smaller than the mustard-seed; some are encased in hard shells and hulls, like the hickory-nut; others are in- closed in soft pulpy substance like the orange-seed; some have soft down on them and float in the air, like the thistle- seed; while others have sharp spines like the cocklebur or the beggar-louse. But all seeds serve the same purpose of producing the new plant, and all true seeds are made up of three distinct parts. There is, first, an outside coat or seed- case, usually thin and tough, which protects the parts in- side. Second, there is the little embryo (eni'bri-6). The embryo is the new plant itself, often showing plainly begin-. 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 Kyle, Edwin Jackson. [from old catalog]; Ellis, Alexander Caswell, 1871- [from old catalog] joint author. New York, Chicago [etc. ] C. Scribner's sons
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