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its pure petals, the calyx tube will bend back and become 

 almost invisible under its snowy cap, whilst the stamens, 

 with their pretty rose-coloured anthers, will surround the 

 single style which rises up from the ovary in the centre of 

 the flower. 



Here are some flowers from which the petals have fallen. 

 We know that these have been fertilised, because it is not 

 until fertilisation has been effected that the petals and 

 stamens drop off. If we look at these carefully, we shall 

 see that the. calyx remains persistent around the pistil, and 

 helps to form at last the well-known red fruit with its 

 central stone which is known to Kentish children as " haws," 

 and, in a collective sense, as " hawsy-gawsies "; the children 

 in some of our Northern counties call them " cat-haws," to 

 distinguish them from the much larger fruit of the wild- 

 rose, which they call " dog-haws," the names probably having 

 originated from the difference in size. 



Notice how very pink some of the blossoms are, and here 

 is a tree, undoubtedly planted for decorative purposes, with 

 masses of red coral-like blossoms, each flower of which has a 

 double row of petals. This is the gardener's production. 

 The second row of petals is formed of altered stamens ; the 

 colour has been obtained by careful selection. A branch has 

 borne flowers showing a tendency to become red in colour ; 

 graftings from it have been made, and the seedlings of the 

 resulting tree, which have shown the most pronounced 

 tendency to bear red flowers, have again been selected ; and 

 so on, year after year, until an entirely different- looking 

 flower has been produced. But even among this mass of red 

 bloom we see up yonder a branch bearing bunches of flowers 

 almost white, showing that even now the plant has a certain 



