A CHAPTER TO STUDY. 



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

 that is plainly marked out for him by a deep, rich veining and 

 sips to satiety of a gland of nectar ; it is but fair that the an- 

 thers should load him well with a cargo of pollen to carry off 

 to the pistil of another flower. In fact, as we become more 

 friendly with the flowers we will cease to lock 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. (Fig. 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 

 stalk that bears a cluster. 



