IN THE FLOWER GARDEN 



puzzled as to the way in which pollenation is to 

 be effected. 



Again, the milkweed has its pollen in sacks ar- 

 ranged like saddle-bags, designed to entangle the 

 legs of the bee, and the amateur might not recog- 

 nize them as bearers of pollen. 



A little study of the mechanism of the different 

 flowers with the aid of a magnify ing-glass will 

 solve all of these difficulties. 



Meantime the insight that will thus be gained 

 into the curious modifications of structure 

 through which nature guards against the self- 

 fertilization of the flower will prove a source of 

 perennial interest. Theoretical botany and prac- 

 tical plant development go hand in hand, and the 

 flower garden is the ideal place to make initial 

 studies of one and practical tests of the other. 



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