FLOWERS OF THE PINE 
At the base of the spike is a cluster of male cones, which have already opened and begun to 
shed their pollen. Grains of the pollen can be seen sticking to most of the pine-needles 
in the photograph. Above is a single female cone branching from the slender twig. The 
pollen of the pine is carried by the wind, insects playing no part in the pollination of this 
tree. Photograph, much enlarged, by David Fairchild. (Fig. 8.) 
