. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. 6o now IM-ANTS AUK TKoPAdATKI). f-^ i;;^. 'I'lic llowcf-stiilk oi' tootstalk of u lilossom is callcfl ii /'ii/u}ii'/i,' (96). 80 t\\o llowors in Fi^'. i;^8, 139, X'c. aro prilnwlnil or stulivod. Jiut in Fig. 141 thf'V aro sitting on \\w stem, or HrHxih'. 174. In todistinguisli two kinds of llowor-stalks ; nami'lv, ilic stalk ///• Cff/. In the Lily of the \'alley(Fig. .1


. How plants grow [microform] : a simple introduction to structural botany with a popular flora, or an arrangement and description of common plants, both wild and cultivated. Botany; Ferns; Botanique; Fougères. 6o now IM-ANTS AUK TKoPAdATKI). f-^ i;;^. 'I'lic llowcf-stiilk oi' tootstalk of u lilossom is callcfl ii /'ii/u}ii'/i,' (96). 80 t\\o llowors in Fi^'. i;^8, 139, X'c. aro prilnwlnil or stulivod. Jiut in Fig. 141 thf'V aro sitting on \\w stem, or HrHxih'. 174. In todistinguisli two kinds of llowor-stalks ; nami'lv, ilic stalk ///• Cff/. In the Lily of the \'alley(Fig. .1, us in |<'ig. !.|o), there istho jitilntK'h' or general tlower-stalk (which is here a continuation of c,J the main stem), and then the llowers all haxc jfi/irr/.-t of their own. 175. Kinds of Flower-Clusters. ()f thosal kinds nvo, tin? JiiU'cun', the Cori/ni/i, the I'm/)'/, the Iltdi/^ and t the Ny;//,(' with its varieties; also the J'unir/c. In the head and tlu' s|)ik(^ the tlowcis ai'e sessile. In the others they liaNc peiHcels or footstalks of their own. 176. A Raceme is a duster with tlu^ blossoms arranired alon<; the sidt's of a main llower-stulk, or its continuation, and all on peei"ries, or the graceful cluster of the Lily of the Valley (Fi 140) are uo good illustrations. Fig. 142 shows thc^ ])lan of the racem«\ Notice that a raceme always l)lossoms from tlu^ bottom to the top, in ri'gular oriler; because the lower buds are of course tlio oldest. 142 Kaieiiiu. 177. A Corymb is a flat-topped or convex cluster, like that of Hawthorn. 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 Gray, Asa, 1810-1888; Lawson, George, 1827-1895. Halifax, N. S. : A. & W. MacKinlay


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