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MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS 



In 1682 Nehemias Grew announced to the sci- 

 entific world that it was necessary for the pollen 

 of a flower to reach the stigma or summit of the 

 pistil in order to insure the fruit. 



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I have indicated his claim picto- 



Fig. 3 



rially at A (Fig. 3), in the series of historical pro- 

 gression. So radical was this " theory " considered 

 that it precipitated a lively discussion among the 

 wiseheads, which was prolonged for fifty years, and 

 only finally settled by Linnaeus, who reaffirmed the 



