CHAPTER LX 



FRUIT 



T T would be knowing a person very little only 

 A to be aware of his wearing a garment of a 

 certain material, a coat of such and such a cloth. 

 One does not know a flower any better when one 



knows that it is clothed 

 with a calyx and a corolla. 

 What is under this cover- 

 ing? 



"Let us examine to- 

 gether this gillyflower. It 

 has a calyx of four sepals 

 and a corolla of four yel- 

 low petals. I take away 

 these eight pieces. What 

 is left now is the essential 

 part; that is to say, the 

 thing without which the 

 flower could not fill its role 

 and would be perfectly useless. Let us go care- 

 fully over this remaining part. You will find it well 

 worth the trouble. 



"First, there are six little white rods, each one 

 surmounted by a bag full of yellow powder. These 

 six pieces are called stamens. They are found in 



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A flowering branch of the 

 Gillyflower 



