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The Life of the Wheat Plant from Seed to Seed. 
V. GROWTH OF THE EAR AND FLOWER. 
1. The ear, Jlay 19, x 8 times. 
2. Tlie ear. May 26, x 8 limes. 
а. The ear within its sheath, June 2, 
I nat. size. 
■i. Spikelet of 3, x 4 times. 
б. A flower of 4, x 8 time.s. 
6. Spikelet taken from an ear, June 9, 
X 4 times. 
7. A'flower of 6, x 8 times. 
8. The ear emerging from sheath, J une 
16, i nat. size. 
9. Spikelet of 8, x 4 times. 
10. A flower of 9, x 8 times. 
11. The same flower (10) showing the 
young grain, x C times. 
12. Section of anther of 10, with ripe 
pollen, X 10 times. 
13. Seetion of young grain of 11, x 10 
times. 
