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From flowers, the transition 

 is easy and natural to fruits. 

 The term fruit is applied to the 

 ripened ovary, 720, and its con- 

 tents, quite regardless of their 

 being eatable, or otherwise. In 

 many instances, there are additions 

 to the ovary, in the 

 form of the remains 

 of some or all of the 

 other parts of the 

 flower. In the stravh 

 berry, 1, the calyx 

 remains, and is con- 

 verted into a succu- 

 lent substance, or that part of 

 the fruit which is eaten. In 

 the apple, 2, 3, both the calyx 

 and the corolla are converted into 



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fruit. The pine-apple is com- 

 posed of all the parts entering 

 into the composition of the 

 ovary — viz., bracts, calyx, corolla, 

 and ovary. The orange, 544, is a 



2 3 



largely developed ovary, contain- 

 ing the seeds, and a succulent 

 mass, in which the refreshing 

 juice is placed. 



