THINGS GREEN AND FAIR 



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leaves, changed leaves; altered in shape, changed in 

 colour ; but the same in actual origin. 



Within the corolla we find a number of little dainty 

 things, standing upright, slender, and with golden tips ; 

 golden, because of a fine yellow dust on them, which 

 often comes off when touched. They are named 

 STAMENS; and the stamens again, though you would 

 not think it, are leaves ; different once more in form and 

 in tint, yet still leaves, 



SECTION OF THE FLOWER OF HERB -ROBERT, A SPECIES OF GERANIUM : 



c c, calyx; p p, petals; at, andrcecium or stamens; o, gyncecium or 

 pistil, composed of ovary o, style sty, and stigmas s; t, thalamus. 



FLOWER OF GOOSEFOOT. 



The golden dust is called POLLEN; and no other kind 

 of leaves, except stamens, has power to bring into being 

 this wonderful yellow pollen. 



Within the stamens, and surrounded by them as by 

 a little bodyguard, are the tops of the PISTILS. Some 

 flowers have one pistil; some have two or three; 

 some have many. The Rose has several. And the 

 pistil, like the sepal, the petal, and the stamen, is just 

 a modified or altered leaf. 



