. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. 302 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. ing to indicate, as before, that the pollen grain has its size accommodated to the length of tube it has to produce. The bee-keeper possessing these plants will never lack a source of amusement and in- struction both for himself and his friends. The order Composite, which embraces no less than about 10,000 species, of which 113 are British, includes very many plants that are of the highest u
. Bees & bee-keeping; scientific and practical. A complete treatise on the anatomy, physiology, floral relations, and profitable management of the hive bee. Bee culture; Bees. 302 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. ing to indicate, as before, that the pollen grain has its size accommodated to the length of tube it has to produce. The bee-keeper possessing these plants will never lack a source of amusement and in- struction both for himself and his friends. The order Composite, which embraces no less than about 10,000 species, of which 113 are British, includes very many plants that are of the highest utility to the bee-farmer. The name of the order implies that the flower-head {capitulum) really carries many blossoms, which, on account of the closeness of their packing, would popularly be regarded as Fig. 63.—Section of Flower-head (Capitulum) of Common Cineraria Order Composites (Magnified Four times). A, Ray-floret ; B, Receptacle, with Involucre—1, 1', 2, 2', &c, Florets Entire and in Section, in similar Conditions of Development. Let us first examine a capitulum—and, for our pur- pose, a sunflower, a field daisy, a thistle, or a golden rod, with its rich nectar, would have answered perfectly ; but I choose a cineraria from the green- house, for the same reason that I previously selected the pelargonium. Looking at the flower-head we see a ring of petals surrounding a convex centre. 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 Cheshire, Frank Richard, 1833?-1894. London, L. U. Gill
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