The Blossom oj the Walnut 



The walnut, like many other trees, is a wind loving plant 

 and depends upon the swish oj its branches in the breezes and 

 the breezes themselves to carry its pollen Jrom limb to limb and 

 tree to tree. The direct color photograph print shown here is 

 that of the pistillate, or pollen-receptive blossom oj the 

 walnut tree, upon whose slightly sticky surjace the 

 flying pollen finds lodgment, its grains fer- 

 tilizing the seed, combining with it 

 to produce a crop of walnuts, 



