The Office of Flowers 



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At 3 p.m. 



At 8 a. m. the next morn' 

 ing. 



Fig. 54. The opening of a flower of Kieffer pear, showing the unfolding of the 

 parts in blooming. The flowers of pears and apples have five styles and 

 stigmas. All natural size. From American Gardening. 



grows after the other parts of the flowers have fallen. 

 It becomes the cherry with its seed, the pea pod, the 

 corn grain, the pecan with hull, etc. 



167. Use of the Parts of the Flower. Now that we have 

 examined a flower and learned to recognize the parts, we 

 want to know what these parts do. We have already 

 learned that the bright color of the corolla serves to guide 

 the bee or butterfly, or other nectar-eating insect, to the 



Fig. 55. Flowers of scarlet sage, showing how pollination takes place. 

 A, Position of anther when the bee sips nectar; /?, stigma (st) in 

 position to be pollinated. 



