COMPLKTK Kii OF POLLi:-.\ 

 IZTXC TOOLS 



Thh ihcwi aU the apparatut required 

 for elaborate experiments in croet^fer^ 

 tiUxoHom, The acalpel i$ used some- 

 Urnei to cut acrou unopened blomomM 

 — for example, apple blouomt — in $uch 

 a way as to remove the poUen-hearing 

 anthers all at once. Where the form nf 

 the flower does not permit tht^ 

 pincers are used to pluck out the »ta- 

 mens. The voatch cryttal is used on 

 which to collect pollen, which is trans- 

 ferred to the stigma of another flower, 

 either xcith the finger tip or with a 

 cameVs-hair brush. The other imple- 

 ments are sometimes required to manip- 

 ulate a fioxcer of peculiar form. The 

 magnifying glasses are needed only 

 with very small flowers. The use of the 

 paper bags is illustrated elsewhere. 

 The cardboard labels are to record the 

 experiment. 



