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has been given to this wonder-working flower dust. A 
grain of flower dust is a grain of pollen. 
In many flowers you will find a pistil much like the 
one that you see in the lily. | 
But there are as many different kinds of pistils as 
there are different kinds of stamens. 
This pistil (Fig. 188) is from the grass of Parnassus, 
that pretty white flower which you find in the wet 
meadows in August and September. It has no real 
stalk, you see, like that of the lily; but it is quite thick 
Fic. 188 Fic. 189 FIG. 190 FIG. 191 Fic. 192 
all the way from top to bottom. In Fig. 189 it is cut 
across, showing the seeds inside. 
Many pistils that are joined in one piece below, where 
the seeds are held, separate above into two or more 
parts. Fig. 190 shows the seed holder of a saxifrage, 
divided into two pieces above; Fig. 191 gives that of 
the Saint John’s-wort, separating into three parts; that 
-of the sundew (Fig. 192) separates into six parts. 
Fig. 103 1s a section of the pea flower. Thisussems 
lengthwise so as to show you the seeds which line the 
inner surface of the pistil. Here you have the baby 
pea pod. 
