166 MTSTERLES OF THE FLOWERS 



with two anther sacs on their lower sides. On their 

 upper sides are often hollows, or depressions, to 

 catch the pollen and to give it to the wind uni- 

 :-__,_-. The pollen grains of the pine, as they 

 ripen, develop little wings — shown in the drawing 

 — ^which help to sustain them on the long and hazar- 

 dous flight. Most of them come to grief on the voy- 

 age: only an infinitesimal proportion reach port. 



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They remind me of rays ui a wireless message — 

 shot into the air and scattering in space in every 

 . only one small impulse reaching the re- 

 ceiving antenna and carrying the desired message. 

 The receiviog station, or pistillate cone, stands 

 erect, its scales open, forming numerous cavities in 



