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The Fascination of Flowers 



the "male" flower* while the flower with the ovary is the "female" 

 flower. 



The Parts of a Flower and What They Do: It is a great help, in 

 understanding how a flower functions, for a child to look at a 

 diagram in which flower parts are pointed out. If he has a diagram 

 illustrating a perfect flower (as shown here), he will find: 



The ovary a well-protected structure in the center of the 

 flower. In it are 



The ovules which contain egg cells, destined to become seeds. 

 (Some ovaries contain a single ovule; others have many ovules.) 

 The ovary has a rather slender stalk, extending upward, and 

 known as 



The style. At its top, the style expands into a broadened tip with 

 a sticky surface a perfect trap for pollen. This expanded tip 

 we call 



PETALS ARE A FLOWER'S CROWNING GLORY 



The corolla (meaning "crown") of a flower may vary in countless ways. It Is made 

 up of petals, and these have numerous colors and shapes. Sometimes, too, each 

 petal is separate (as in the lily, left); sometimes they are joined and show 

 only as separate points (as in the squash flower, center); and sometimes (as in 

 the petunia, right) there is no separation whatever. 



