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And you have not forgotten that it is on the flat 
top of this pin that the bee brushes the yellow dust 
which gives new life to the seed below, and turns the 
little case of the seedbox into the juicy cherry. 
So now what do we find in the cherry blossom? 
We find 
1. A green cup cut above into separate leaves. 
2. A circle of white leaves. 
3. Some pins with dust boxes. 
4. One pin with a seedbox. 
Here you have the plan on which the cherry 
blossom is built (for flowers, like houses, 
are built on different plans), and the build- 
ing plan of the cherry blossom is one of the 
simplest of all. So it is well, before study- 
ing more difficult flowers, to feel quite at 
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home with this one. And you must try 
to remember first what work each part of the flower 
is expected to perform; for you see that the leaves 
of the green cup, the pretty white leaves, the pins 
with dust boxes, and the pin with a seedbox, have 
each and all their special task,—a task which they 
alone are able to accomplish. 
Now, in talking about a flower it is troublesome 
to use a great many words where one would answer 
every purpose, so I will tell you what these different 
parts of the flower have been named; and by taking 
a little trouble to remember these names, we can 
save a good deal of time. 
The green cup is called the “calyx.” 
“Calyx” is a Greek word meaning “cup. 
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