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NATUKE STUDY 



Strawberry, 



Faxits : 



This belongs to the same family (the Rose) as the 

 apple and cherry. Like them, the petals and numerous 

 stamens are inserted on the throat of the calyx, which in 

 this case consists of ten lobes (apparently), and is entirely 

 free from the very numerous one-ovuled pistils, which 

 form a head on a large receptacle. 



Strawberry. 



After the petals and stamens fall, the juices of the 

 plant feed the receptacle, which becomes fleshy and, as 

 it ripens, usually red in color, bearing all over its surface 

 the numerous yellow fruits. These are widely distributed 

 by the birds and other animals, who devour the so-called 

 berry, but through whose alimentary tract the real fruits 

 pass undigested. 



As a matter of fact, however, the strawberry is propa- 

 gated by runners, — long, slender stems which root at a 



