Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 10 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE search for its own food. It then begins to use the same food as the larger animals of its kind. Now, from what source does the little plant get its first food? If you will carefully remove the skin from a bean, that has been soaked over night, and then separate it into two parts, you will discover two tiny leaves near one end, between the two halves of the bean. Extend- A BEAN PLANT. A DICOTYLEDON. A SPLIT BEAN. E—Embryo. C—Cotyledon. A CORN PLANT, A MONOCOTYLEDON ing in the opposi
Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 10 ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE search for its own food. It then begins to use the same food as the larger animals of its kind. Now, from what source does the little plant get its first food? If you will carefully remove the skin from a bean, that has been soaked over night, and then separate it into two parts, you will discover two tiny leaves near one end, between the two halves of the bean. Extend- A BEAN PLANT. A DICOTYLEDON. A SPLIT BEAN. E—Embryo. C—Cotyledon. A CORN PLANT, A MONOCOTYLEDON ing in the opposite direction is a tiny stem and root. This little plant is called the germ or embryo, and it is this germ which later develops into a full grown plant. The two halves of the bean serve as a storehouse for food, and are called cotyledons. If a kernel of corn is taken instead, and examined in the same way, the same kind of little plant will be found. Instead of
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