72 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 



on this year's new wood. The buds from which 

 they have issued tipped the branches and con- 



FIG. IT. Details of the blossoming butternut. 



, a cluster of pistillate flowers ; ^, one stamen bearing scale detached from 

 the staminate flower-chain ; c, a single stamen. (All magnified.) 



tained, besides the pistillate flowers, a few of this 

 year's tender leaves. The staminate flowers in all 



