CuHarter IV. 
Flowers and Fruit. 
Tue author hopes that those who use this work in 
studying trees will become so much interested in the 
subject of Botany as to desire more information concern- 
ing the growth and reproduction of plants than can here 
be given. In Professor Asa Gray’s numerous works the 
additional information desired may be obtained: “ How 
Plants Grow” contains an outline for the use of begin- 
ners; “The Elements of Botany” is a more advanced 
work; while the “ Botanical Text Book,” in several vol- 
umes, will enable the student to pursue the subject as far 
as he may wish. In this small book the barest outline of 
the parts of flowers and fruit and of their uses can be 
given. 
FLOWERS.— Parts. The flowers of the Cherry or Apple 
will show the four kinds of organs that belong to a com- 
plete flower. Fig. 9 represents an Apple-blossom. The ca- 
lyx is the outer row of leaves, 
more or less united into one 
piece. The corolla is the row 
of leaves within the calyx; it 
7 is usually the brightest and 
most conspicuous part of the 
flower. The stamens == are 
the next organs; they are 
usually, as in this case, small 
two-lobed bodies on slender, 
thread-like stalks. The en- 
larged parts contain a dust- 
like material called pollen. 
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