. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Discoveries of Four Great botanists. Fig. construction of a flower, but in order to insure such comprehension, it is well, perhaps, to freshen our memory by reference to the accompanying dia- gram. Fig. I, of an ab- stract flower, the various parts being indexed. The calyx usually en- closes the bud, and mav be tubular or composed of separate leaves or sepals, as in a rose. T
. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. The Discoveries of Four Great botanists. Fig. construction of a flower, but in order to insure such comprehension, it is well, perhaps, to freshen our memory by reference to the accompanying dia- gram. Fig. I, of an ab- stract flower, the various parts being indexed. The calyx usually en- closes the bud, and mav be tubular or composed of separate leaves or sepals, as in a rose. The corolla, or colored portion, may consist of several petals, as in the rose, or of a single one, as in the morning- glory. At the centre is the pistil, or pistils, which form the ultimate fruit. The pistil is divided into three parts—ovary, style, and stigma. Surround- ing the pistil are the stamens, few or many, the anther at the extremity containing the powdery pollen. The botanists of a thousand years ago could have readily named these parts, but regarding their rela- tion to each other, they could have told you nothing. GREIV EXPLAIXS THE RELATION OF STAMENS AND PISTILS The first observer to give to the world any in- formation on this subject was Nehemias Grew, who announced m 1682 that it was necessary for the 3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896; Davie, Eleanor E. New York, Newson
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