A CHAPTER TO STUDY. 



berries that he has enjoyed. If Master Bee follows the road that 

 is plainly rxia*CChoJu for him by a deep, rich veining and sips 

 to satiety of a gland of nectar ; it is but fair that the anthers 

 sjibuS^I&at! him well with a cargo of pollen to carry off to the 

 ptistil another flower. In fact, as we become more friendly 

 with the flowers we will cease to look upon them so much as 

 luxurious creatures but rather as those that have solved the 

 deep problems of domestic economy. 



The plant's individual mission in life is the reproduction of 

 itself. 



The flower and its products, the fruit and the seeds, are the 

 organs of reproduction. 



The root, the stem and the leaves are the organs of vegeta- 

 tion. 



The Inflorescence is the manner in which the flowers are 

 arranged upon the stem. 



When but one flower grows upon the end of the stem or 

 flower-stalk, it is said to be TERMINAL, SOLITARY. 



It is Axillary when the flower, or flowers, grow from the 

 axils of the leaves, or in the angle formed by the leaf, or leaf- 

 stalk, and the stem. (Fio. i.) 



FIG. I. FIG. 2. FIG. 3. 



A Pedicel is the individual stalk of a flower borne in a clus- 

 ter. 



A Peduncle is the stalk of a solitary flower, or the general 

 sulk that bears a cluster. 



