16 BOTANY TOR YOUNG PEOPLE. 



Latin, filum a thread. The cup is the anther, 

 2, or pollen box. What are these ? 



L. The two pistils ; they are the innermost 

 of all. 



E. Each pistil is divided into three parts; 

 the stigma, 1 ; style, 2 ; and germ, 3. 



L. Can you tell of what use so many parts 

 are? 



E. Yes. After the blossom opens, if you 

 watch carefully, you would perceive the little 

 anthers become full of a yellowish powder call- 

 ed pollen, from which comes their name of pol- 

 len-boxes. The final object of this pollen is to 

 be shaken on the stigma or top of the pistil. 

 After it is shaken on it, part of it pierces the 

 germ or seed case at the base of the pistil, and 

 except this germ, in most cases, the other parts 

 having now fulfilled their offices, drop off; the 

 seed case or germ is meanwhile enlarging, and 

 continues increasing in size until the seeds are 

 fully ripe. These seeds with their coverings 

 are termed, in the language of botany, fruit. 

 Will you read from this page Flints beautiful 

 comparison on tjjis subject ? 



L. He says that the analogy of the world of 

 animal life is still preserved, and that the male 





