. The theory of horticulture : or, An attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles . Horticulture; Plant physiology. ACTION OF FLOWEBS. 67 &c., tlie calyx changes into petals; in the Honseleek, the stamens become pistils; and so on. Hence the origin of double flowers. In a double Barbadoes Lily, described by me in the Transactions of the Hor- ticultural Society, in which the parts were very much confused, the young seeds were borne by the edges of the stamen-like petals. (Jig. 8.) 84. In their ordinary state the parts of a flower are extremely unli
. The theory of horticulture : or, An attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles . Horticulture; Plant physiology. ACTION OF FLOWEBS. 67 &c., tlie calyx changes into petals; in the Honseleek, the stamens become pistils; and so on. Hence the origin of double flowers. In a double Barbadoes Lily, described by me in the Transactions of the Hor- ticultural Society, in which the parts were very much confused, the young seeds were borne by the edges of the stamen-like petals. (Jig. 8.) 84. In their ordinary state the parts of a flower are extremely unlike leaves, and each has its allotted office, which is not the office of a leaf; they are also incapable of forming leaf-buds in their axils. But, although such is the case, there is found a strong and. general tendency on the parts of both the floral envelopes and sexes to change to leaves, like the leaves of the stem. In the white clover (Trifolium repens, fig. 9), all the parts often become leaves; in the Fraxinella {Jig. 10), this has also been remarked ;* * Proceedings of the Horticultnral Society, vol. L p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lindley, John, 1799-1865; Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York : Wiley and Halsted
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