ABSTRACT
Seeds provide a way for species to survive in addition to protecting and sustaining other life. By way of seeds, embryonic life can be practically suspended and then revived to develop again. Like highly organized fortresses supplied with specialized foods, seeds form vehicles for the spread of new life from one place to another. They are raw materials for innumerable products important to human beings and animals. They are wealth, beauty, and a symbol of friendship and goodwill. Seeds are a source of wonder and objects of earnest inquiry in our ceaseless search for an understanding of living things. Unwanted kinds of seeds, such as weeds, can be enemies and a source of trouble. As containers of embryos of a new generation, seeds ensure their main purpose-continuity of life through their numbers, forms, and structures.
