Chapter II: Part I: Fruits and Seeds

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In the Orchard 9

The Story of the Bee 16

The Apple’s Treasures 19

What a Plant lives for 21

The World without Plants 24

How the Apple shields its Young 27

Some Cousins of the Apple 31

Uneatable Fruits 34

More Cousins of the Apple 36

Still more Cousins 39

In the Woods 41

Why Seeds travel 50

Some Little Tramps 52

Seed Sailboats 56

Winged Seeds 61

Shooting Seeds 63

The Chestnut and Other Seeds 67

Some Strange Stories 69

PART II.—YOUNG PLANTS

How the Baby Plant lives 75

A Schoolroom Garden 79

A Schoolroom Garden (_Concluded_) 85

Seeds as Food 89

An Impatient Plant Baby 91

A Humpbacked Plant Baby 94

PART III.—ROOTS AND STEMS

Root Hairs 99

Roots and Underground Stems 102

Above-ground Roots 106

What Few Children know 112

Plants that cannot stand alone 114

Some Habits of Stems 117

Stems and Seed Leaves 119

“Well done, Little Stem” 122

PART IV.—BUDS

Buds in Winter 125

A Happy Surprise 127

Some Astonishing Buds 129