6 PARTS OF A FLOWER. 



it is subdivided into several different parts, which I 

 will explain to you, if you will go into the garden 

 and bring me a branch of any plant you like. 



EDWARD. 



Here, mamma, is some Wall-flower: it is the 

 first that I could find in blow. 



MOTHER. 



It will do very well ; but if we had a larger 

 flower you could see the different parts more dis- 

 tinctly. [PLATE 1.] You may now break off one 

 of the flowers, and hold it by the little stalk, be- 

 tween your thumb and finger. The green part, 

 that you see close under the yellow blossom, and 

 which is not unlike a cup,, is called the Ca'lyx or 

 flower-cup. The yellow leaves that grow out of 

 it are called Pet'als, or blossom-leaves : the petals 

 altogether form what is called the CoroFla or blos- 

 som. Pull off, very gently, from the little stalk, the 

 calyx and petals, and you will see seven threads ; 

 one in the middle, thicker than the rest, and 

 six others with yellow heads ; those with heads 

 are called Stamens, and are each composed of 

 the heads, called Anthers, and the threads which 

 support them, Fil'aments; as this penknife might 

 be divided into the handle and the blade, which 

 are together called a knife. The centre thread is 

 called the Pistil, and consists of three portions ; the 



