ii8 Plants and their Ways in South Africa 



In Fig. 132 the centre of the rose has lengthened and become 

 a leafy branch. So the garden flowers show us that the 

 essential part of the flower and the leaves have been derived 



Fig. 132. — The centre of the rose has grown out into a leafy branch. 



from similar sources. As plants come to be propagated by 

 other means than seeds, the seeds and seed vessels turn their 

 energies toward the work of foliage leaves to supply more 

 food to the plant. 



