Ong])iatw)i of J (iriftirs 



how the Hp has droppeei and exposes the stigmatie 

 surface (Fie. L\\ B, 2). 



Fig. L\ . — Style-Branciiks 



A, Style-branch frnm bucl iust unfcldiii.t;; 



1, Stigmatie lip crcet. 



B. Style-branch Irnni full}" ()ptned flower; 



2, Stiematte lip dropped. 



Explanation of the process of pohination will be 

 more readily understood, by one having no preA'ious 

 knowledge of the subject, after an examination of the 

 plan of an Iris flower (Fig. XX, page 130), and the 

 illustration of a bee pollinating a flower (Fig. XL, 

 page 144). 



The operator should have a pair of stout tweezers, 

 a camel-hair brush — a soft feather will do — and a 

 small dish for the anthers anci their pollen — a watch- 

 glass or an individual butter-dish will answer ad- 

 mirably. A pen-knife or a small fine-pointed scissors 

 will do instead of tweezers, but tweezers will be found 

 to be more convenient. Having selected the flower to 

 be pollinated (usuall)' called "seed parent" or "pod- 

 parent"), as soon as the tips of the tails begin to unroll 



