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Tall Bearded Iris 



for pod parent has opened sufficiently for pollination 

 (a matter referred to above), if its stigmas are clean 

 (without pollen) pollen is applied to them, without 

 removal either of stamens, falls, or standards. 



Experts sometimes do not use a brush, but with a 

 pen-knife transfer the pollen from the anther to the 

 stigma. Some, with tweezers or even with the fingers 

 pick up the anthers, one at a time, and wipe them 

 gently on the stigmatic surfaces until the pollen rubs 

 off. 



Sometimes the pollen which it is desired to use is 



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FIG. LVI. IRIS STYLE-BRANCHES* 



Sty, Style-branch, 

 st, Stigmatic lip. 

 e, Entrance to pollen-duct, 

 an, Anther. 



pd, Cross-section of style-branch, showing pollen- 

 duct, enlarged. 



*Courtesy of Mr. J. Marion Shull, Chevy Chase, Md. 



