It had the same three organs as soon as it first peeped above the soil, and as long as it lives it will have them.
"Let us examine this young scarlet bean. It is only just unfolding its leavesabove the ground, but it has all three parts. It could not live without each one of them.
"Teacher says we may call them the vital organs of the plant, because they have to do with the everyday life of the plant. The name vital comes from a word which means life. These organs-the root, stem, and leaves-do the work of feeding the plant and making it grow. They may therefore be called also the organs of growth.""Run round now and see my early peas," said father. "You will find some other parts there, I think."As they went along the path Fred picked a rose and put it in his buttonhole.
"Do you think," he said, as he did so, "the rose- bush will die because I have picked this flower, Norah?""Oh no," said Norah, "it does not hurt a plant to pick its flowers. We pick bunches of flowers all through the summer.""What does that prove then?"
