Blossoming 



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Such pollen is light and dry, so that it can fly 

 far on the winds of spring. The catkin itself 

 sways and swings at the lightest breath, so that 



A, The silvery tassel. 



B, The golden tassel. 



C, A pistil with its cov- 

 ering scale. 



D, Stamens and fringed 

 scale. 



Fig. 48. Willow flowers. 



the plentiful pollen is shaken loose. And the 

 pistil, which must catch it, reaches out for it with 

 two wide-spread arms, very sticky, and covered 

 with short hairs. 



