PERFECT FLOWERS 73 



CLOSED GENTIAN 



Gentiana Andre wsii 



August-Sept. 



FRINGED GENTIAN 



Gentiana crinita 



. Sept -Oct. 



It seems a pity to 

 destroy any of these 

 beautiful flowers, but 

 we must sacrifice one 

 of each in the inter- 

 ests of science, mak- 

 ing sections of them 

 down their centre. 

 Thus we shall see 

 that the stamens, 

 shorter than the pis- 

 tils, develop their 

 pollen first, and shed 

 it outward; also that 

 the pistils are like 

 tall green vases, and 

 that their stigmas 



. ,., . , CLOSED AND FRINGED GENTIANS 



part like two moist 



lips, presenting a sensitive surface on the upper 



side. 



These flowers, standing so erect upon their stems, 



