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FKRTirjSATION 



W'IXCj now considered some of the 

 many wonderful arrans^ements by 

 wliich the j)ollen of plants is dispersed, 

 we will endeax'our b)' traciuL^ the course 

 of the pollen-L^rains after they reach the 

 stigma, to learn what is meant b\- the term " fertili- 

 sation of the o\ules." These are the minute 

 specks contained in the o\ar)- which are to become 

 seeds, and b)- iTieans of which the plant will 

 cx'cntually reproduce itself 



To the naked e}-e the )'ellow pollen we see on 

 the anthers of flowers appears as small j^rains ; 

 Init, when magnified, these grains are seen to be 

 singularl)- beautiful, each little sphere having on 



