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stigmas but seeds enclosed in a case or pericarp, and 

 hence called "angiospermous" flowers, as in the 

 birch, cat-tail, dock and others. 



There is a lofty independence and majestic op- 

 timism about the great pines which fling opulently 

 their pollen to the breeze, hundreds of feet above the 

 loftiest flights of earth-born insects. Let us see how 

 the pollen sometimes reaches its destination. 



PINE CONE 

 (a) Staminate Form; (b) Anther; (c) Pollen Grain 



In the spring the pines put forth new growth, 

 and at the tips of the tender branches appear little 

 cones shown in the two sketches. The staminate 

 cones are the smaller and more numerous. The 

 overlapping scales of these cones are each a stamen, 



