COLLECTIONS AND RECOLLECTIONS. 
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what it contains, is seen the coloured part of the flower,—the part, I 
mean, which is yellow in the primrose, blue in the violet, and red in 
the rose. The learner may call this coloured part the blossom, but 
botanists call it by the Latin name,— Corolla. 
3. The blossom, or corolla, may now be cut off, when it will be 
seen in the primrose to be of one piece, while in the rose and other 
flowers it is of several pieces or leaves. The learner may call each 
of the pieces a flower-leaf, but botanists call it a —Petal. 
4. Within the flower-leaf, or petal, in the primrose, five small 
bodies may be seen standing round in a circle, with little tips some¬ 
what shaped like a barleycorn, though not nearly so large, and a 
slender stalk to support these. Each of the five small bodies the 
learner may call a male, but botanists call it a_ Stamen. 
5. The male part, or stamen, as we have seen, has two parts, the 
under part and an upper part. The learner may call the under part 
the stalk, but botanists call it the— Filament. 
6. The learner may call the upper part of the male the tip, but 
botanists call it the— Anther. 
7. When the tip, or anther, of the male is broken, or bursts, as it 
always does of itself as soon as it is ripe, a coloured powder is seen, 
which the learner may call the tip-dust, but botanists call it— Pollen. 
8. When the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens are all cut away, 
the centre part of the flower alone will remain on the top of the stem. 
This part the learner may call the female, but botanists call it the— 
Pistil. 
9. The female, or pistil, maybe said to consist of abase, a middle, 
and a top. The base of the pistil is always more or less bulged out; 
and from its containing the seeds, the learner may call it the seed-or¬ 
gan, but botanists call it the— Ovary. 
10. The middle of the pistil the learner may call the pillar, but 
botanists call it the— Style. 
11. The top of the pistil the learner may call the summit, but bo¬ 
tanists call it the— Stigma. 
There is only one more term which I shall mention at present, 
and which applies to a peculiar sort of leaf, sometimes, according to 
the sort of plant, found on the flower-stem, often at the base of leaves, 
and sometimes surrounding fruits as the calyx does the corolla. This, 
which botanists call by more than one name, according to its situation, 
I shall, for the ease and convenience of the learner, call the— Scale. 
It will make it easier for the learner to master these dozen terms 
to consider the several parts as placed in five circles, one within the 
other. 
