CIIATTKR \'I 



FI.DWKRS 



NS'l'MAl) of looking at flowers as brij^ht 

 and hcautiful objects made to be a 

 source of continual deliL(ht in our 

 daih' lives, thoui^h such the\- truh' are. 

 we will rather now, for purposes of stud}-, 

 consider them as the means by which the plant 

 carries out the purjiose of its creation, nameh', to 

 perfect its seed and thus per|)etuate its species. 



in the life-history of shrubs, trees, and plants we 

 fmd this is their one aim, .and that exerx'thini^" else 

 is stibserxient to it. 



The stamens and i)istil beini^ of essential imijort- 

 ance in forming the seed, we find them placed for 

 safet)' in the centre of the flower ; f(jlded round 

 them are the petals or coloured parts of the flower. 



