THE GERANIUM READY TO 

 RECEIVE POLLEN 



As soon as the pollen has been re- 

 moved by insects from the geranium, its 

 anthers and stamens shrink and wither 

 away, disclosing the pistil which, they 

 have surrounded. The pistil then un- 

 coils into five curling lobes, upon whose 

 sticky surface the pollen from other 

 flowers finds lodgment. 



