On another day I repeated the same experiment, and by using a flower furnished from 

 another quarter of the garden, I sprinkledthe pistillum of this with its farina. 

 Hence this germen proved fruitful. 



SEVENTH AND EIGHTH EXPERIMENTS. 



From a Chelidonium corniculatum (Scarlet-homed Poppy) growing in a remote quarter 

 of the garden, I removed all the anthers in a flower which first appeared, and then carefully 

 plucked away all the rest of the flowers. 



On another day I made a similar experiment, but over the pistillum of this last I sprinkled 

 the farina taken from another flower of the same species. 



The result was, that the first floiver produced no seed. 



From the second experiment I obtained perfect fruit. 



CONCLUSION FROM THESE EXPERIMENTS. 

 The^se Experiments decisively prove that the Anthers are the male organs in plants, and 

 perfectly disprove the opinion of some who have taught, that the Stamina are those parts of the 

 fructification, which only separate excrementitious matter.* 



PROOFS TAKEN FROM OBSERVATIONS. 



FIRST OBSERVATION. 

 What might have convinced them on the contrary, is the universal appearance of the Stamina 

 and Pistilla in all flowers, for none want these organs, although many flowers are devoid of Calyx, 

 and many even have neither Calyx or Corolla, as the Hippuris.f 



SECOND OBSERVATION. 



All farmers know, that when rain falls upon the rye in flowers, % it washes off the Faiina on 

 the Anthers, and hence occasions many glumes in the spike to be empty of seeds. 



THIRD OBSERVATION. 



Even gardeners remark the same every year in their fruit-hearing trees. 

 exposure to rain, from this cause disappoint the expectation of fruit. § 



The flowers, by long 



FOURTH OBSERVATION. 



Aquatic plants at the time of ftWring rise above the water, for no other purpose than that 

 the Farina may reach the Stigma unimpaired, for after impregnation they dip under water. || 



* This is levelled against the illustrious Tournefort, who held this doctrine, as did Alston 

 as the calyx and Petals, but none are found to want the apices" (stamina), Sylloge Stirp extra Britan 



do trL^d"?!! / ^ h wT bey ° n ; ^ fl ° Wer ' 3nd if rain f3llS WhilC k " in fl ° Wer ' the dust is cl °« ed > a » d h -ee the husbandmen 

 do truly predict a bad crop ; but the same holds not with barley, where the anthers lie close within the husk 



at d,LI„i S D e e S rio e df ly H PPUeS ^ '**"**■ Wh ° Se ^^ beC ° me *»*" " U * WUXi bUt in the a PP le and P ear the "™— anthers ripen 

 apply the wa'f T ^ " * dlSap P° mted of fru * ful seed *> who at this time make much use of the watering pot, unless they 



apply the water in a pan beneath, as many are in the habit of doing. 7 



|| Vide our account of the Nymphcea Nelumbo. 



The 





