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NATURE STUDY MADE EASY 



hold the pollen. Above them you will find some little urn-shaped 

 flowers, which stand upright. They are the pistillate flowers. 



Soon the pistillate flowers begin to 

 ripen, and all summer long they 

 feed on the pollen. When autumn 

 comes, they are rewarded. There, 

 snugly seated in their little urns, or 

 cups, are the acorns. These are the 

 fruit. The acorn ripens and falls, but 

 the tree does not die. It lives for 

 FLOWERS OF OAK many, many years, do- 

 ing the same good work, blossoming, ripening, shed- 

 ding crops of acorns. It gives shelter to man, it 

 gives homes to the birds; and then, when it is 

 finally cut down, it is used in making ships, houses, 

 and articles of furniture. 



PISTILLATE 



FLOWER OF OAK 



(magnified) 



LANGUAGE LESSON 



Tell the life story of an oak : 



The seed. How it was planted. 



How it grew, .the flowers, the acorn, seedling, tree. 



