ABSTRACT
Baker, Henry A ripe seed falling to the earth is in the condition of the ovum of an animal getting loose from its ovary and dropping into the uterus, and, to go on with the analogy, the juices of the earth swell and extend the vessels of the seed as the juices of the uterus do those of the ovum, till the seminal leaves unfold and perform the office of a placenta to the infant included plant; which, imbibing suitable and sufficient moisture, gradually extends its parts, fixes its own root, shoots above the ground, and may be said to be born.
