FLOWERS. aT 
skill, which has so nicely adapted them to each other. 
Let us see what they are. First comes the Culyz, 
or the cup which supports the flower; this is some- 
times entire, but more frequently parted into divi- 
sions, or segments, as they are called; it is generally 
of a pale green color, but, in some instances, as in 
the Fuchsia, it is highly colored ; the Calyx also acts 
as a covering for the seed-vessels. The delicate and 
richly colored leaves or petals, which stand just with- 
in the calyx form the corolla. Some flowers have 
neither calyx nor corolla, and cluster around a pen- 
dent spike, as in the Willow and Hazel; these are 
termed Catkins. At the base of 
the corolla there generally appears 
the Nectary, so called from its se- 
creting a sweet fluid called nectar. 
This is the store from which the 
bee derives its honey, and from this 
delicious fountain the lovely little 
Humming-Bird, poised upon its  Catkin, Hazel. 
rapid wings, extracts through its slender bill the 
sweet food which it conveys to its young. 
The most important organs in the flower are those 
which produce the seed. These consist of two 
principal parts, called Stamens and Pistils. They 
mostly exist in the same flower; but in some cases 
they not only occupy separate flowers, but are pro- 
duced upon separate plants. At the base of the pistil 
is the seed-vessel or Ovary, which is composed of 
one or more valves, differing in form in different 
plants; a little thread-like stalk called a Style, 
