10 July, 1917.] 



Apple Cullitre in Victoria. 



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At this stage the stigmas begin to assume their receptive condition 

 as the pollen ripens in the anthers, and the process of fertilization 

 takes place while the male and femak^ organs are in the condition 

 shown in (c). When this stage has passed the petals fall off and the 

 flower assumes the appearance of (c?). 



Plate 103. — Four of the last stages of the flower of the Granny Smith variety. 



(Natural size.) 



Plate 104. — Sections of the flowers of the Jonathan, London Pippin and Eome 

 Beauty, showing the relative position, &c., of the stamens to the pistils. 



(Natural size.) 



Plate 104 gives four vertical sections each of the flowers of the 

 Jonathan, London Pippin, and Rome Beauty varieties respectively. 

 When mounting these specimens to be photographed the writer removed 

 the petals from the first three specimens of each kind, and portions 

 of the sepals of the four as shown. The pistils were retained with 

 two stamens on each side. Specimens (a), (&), (c), {d) are from a 

 Jonathan tree, and they corresponded, prior to being mounted, with 



