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lliiwfi'.s ill which [he slainciis and pistils arc 

 separated and dcNcloped in (hlferenl catkins, and 

 such llouers are termed inondjcioiis, from //wnos, 

 single, and oikcis, a liouse. 



Tlie most interestin<4' feature of tliese trcc- 

 blossonis is their fertih'sation by the wind ; the 

 sh'i^htest putT of air hl)erates httle clouds of |)ollen 

 from the loose swin^L;in^' anthers ; these pcjllen 

 Lj^rains become entani;led in the u|M'iL;"ht catkins 

 bearing;' the pistils, and the future seed thus 

 becomes fruitful There are man)' trees and phmts 

 which are thus fertihsed 1j\' the agency of the wind, 

 and the\' are termed 1)}' botanists aucinophilous^ 

 from the (ireek words aticmos, wind, and pliilos, 

 beloxed b}'. 



In the common br)-on\- of the hedi^es, we i^et 

 another example of a Ljreen inconspicuous flower, 

 (iather a few s{)ra}'s of this in earl\- summer, 

 taking care to keep the specimens of each plant 

 separate. Take up one specimen and }ou will find 

 eacli (lower has a small L;reen calx'x, a minute 

 corolla, and fi\e little stamens; not one pistil can 

 we llnd on the spraw 



The flowers on the ne.xt spra\' look \er)- 



