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E. Always for the secretion of honey, and 

 some say this honey is merely for the purpose 

 of tempting insects to come to the plants. 

 There are not a few instances in which the 

 male flowers grow on one plant and the female 

 flowers on another : as the pollen must be sha- 

 ken on the pistil to ensure fruit, the wind and 

 insects are relied upon for doing this, so that 

 you can perceive the advantage which ensues 

 from companies of insects while gathering honey 

 on the male plant, becoming covered with pol- 

 len, visiting directly afterwards the female for the 

 same purpose, and leaving with the last the dust 

 that had adhered to them from the first. The 

 Date has its male and female flowers OH sepa- 

 rate trees, but the people, not daring to trust 

 to uncertainties, regularly when the pollen be- 

 comes ripe, sprinkle it over the female flowers, 

 and thus secure to themselves a valuable, and 

 often indispensable crop of fruit. The nectaiy 

 in many cases, however, is a separate organ not 

 directly connected with the corolla. 



L. What object does the calyx serve. 



E. To guard the outer part of the flower, 

 keeping its blossoms in the right place and 

 shielding it from injury. The corolla, whether 



