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ago, when winged honey-seekers, and the trees 

 which attract them and employ them, were not as 

 yet in existence. 



Now, when the summer fields are full of pollen- 

 carriers, ready to fly on the tree's errands, the 



gymno sperms 

 k^-^t,. m-M. . -v will have none of 



them, but go on 

 in their old way, 

 depending on the 

 wind alone. 



So gymno- 

 sperms can set 

 rA seed abundantly 

 in lands where the 

 summers are so 

 short and cold 

 that few flying 

 insects wander 



Courtesy of Doubleday, Pago ana Co. aurOaCl. 



Fig. s6. Flowers of the Scotch pine. (Pinus B U t , aS 



silvestris.) Common in cultivation. A, The pollen 



shedding flower cluster; B, The community of W e h a V e 

 carpels; C, The young cone; D, Staminal leaves; 

 E, Carpels. Segf,^ wiuds 



are wasteful messengers, and so the gymnosperms 

 are obliged to yield great quantities of pollen. It 

 flies from the pine branches in light golden clouds. 

 It covers the surface of ponds in the neighborhood 

 of pine forests, and washes up along the shores 

 in long sulphur-yellow streaks. It fills the air, 

 and powders everything in or near the pine woods. 



