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method is a practical one for any farmer or gardener to follow 

 (Fig. 52). 



STUDIES OF FLOWERS AND POLLIN^ATION 

 20. The Parts of a Flower. — Use some simple flower from the 

 window box or garden. In the spring, cherry, peach, plum or apple 

 blossoms may be used. Let each pupil examine carefully the stamens 



Fig. 52. — The left shows growth, yield, and marketable crop produced by well- 

 selected seed. The right shows the contrasts from poor seed. (U. S. D. A.) " 



and pistil and see their relative positions. Are the stamens taller 

 or shorter than the pistil? Can the pollen from the stamens fall 

 directly upon the end (stigma) of the pistil? (Fig. 53). 



Some flowers are of such form as to prevent much of the 

 self-pollinating. The pollen from the stamens cannot fall 

 directly upon the pistil, but must he carried by insects visitin" 



