Typical Corn Stalk 



This picture is shown to make clear the relations of pollen- 

 bearing and ovule-bearing organs in the mechanism of the corn 

 plant. The pollen, being borne in the tassel at the top, naturally sifts 

 down, as carried by the wind, on the "silk" which constitutes 

 the stigmas of the seed-bearing flower. It is obvious that 

 the opposite arrangement of the two types of flow- 

 ers would not have answered at all. 



