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up, having imparted all their life to our bells and 
leaves. 
“ A green and white sheath or spathe encloses 
our bells when we are first born, but our stems 
grow very tall, and if -you will count them, you 
will see that we all have three large, white, con¬ 
cave petals, tipped with green, and three inner 
petals which are sometimes called nectaries ; but 
our nectar is really contained in the thickest part 
of our pistil, which you see is in the shape of a 
club and surmounted by a tapering stigma. On the 
end of each stamen is an anther, which is filled 
with fine dust or pollen, and that falls upon the 
stigma and goes through the pistil into the germ, 
which is triangular or three-sided, and contains our 
seeds. When the pollen reaches the germ the 
seeds begin to grow. 
“ Our petals are so white that they do not last 
