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the father of Botanic science, to point out 

 to us a mode of discriminating certain parts 

 in flowers and by bringing such as arc 

 different from each otiier into contact, 

 enable us to produce hybrid fruits and 

 vegetables, in a mode similar to the above, 

 and which I shall now endeavour to ex- 

 plain, for the information of my readers. 

 In the bloom of the apple-tree we find 

 four distinct members, i. e. that green 

 cup which is placed beneath the flower, 

 which remains till the fruit is ripe, and 

 forms the eye of the apple, is the first 

 part, which as botanists we notice, and 

 this we call the flower cup or calyx.'* 



The tender beautiful leaves, five in 

 number, which constitute the principal 

 part of the flower in our first view, is 

 called the corolla." 



In the centre of the flower and grow* 

 ing out of the calyx are observed 

 small pillars, which, when viewed with a 

 microscope, are found to be hollow, and 

 to contain a substance like honey, and 

 which is collected in considerable quan- 

 tities and taken away by the bees at the 

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