ON THE ORGANS OF PLANTS. 19 



" Averse from evening's chilly breeze, 

 How many close their silken leaves, 



To save the Embryo Flower ! 

 As if ambitious of a Name, 

 They sought to spread around, their fame, 

 And bade the Infant Buds proclaim, 



The Parent's valued power." 



But there are some Plants which have not Pistils 

 and Stamens in the same Flower ; the Bryony, 

 Nut, &c. How can the Pollen be conveyed to the 

 Stigma then? you will ask. Another wonderful 

 arrangement will show you how this apparent diffi- 

 culty is remedied. Bees travel from Flower to Flower 

 to collect Pollen, to make into bread, for their young 

 ones to feed upon ; and to procure Nectar, of which 

 to make their honey and wax. Now, when the Bees 

 fly to the Pistil-bearing Flowers, with the Pollen on 

 their legs, no doubt some will fall on to the Stigma ; 

 and thus, it is supplied with as much nourishment as 

 the Ovules require. And now, you see that Bees, 

 who are indebted to the ^Flowers for Nectar and 

 Pollen, are also very useful to the Flowers : and 

 we shall find throughout Nature's works, that each 

 is necessary for the support of another, in some 

 way, 



