. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. 28 Sometimes the wind blows it over ; sometimes the insects carry it on their ixxlies and legs. As soon as the pollen reaches the upper end of the pistils, growth starts within the pistil, beginning at the top (the stigma) and FiK. Blossom, Continuing (lown through the fine stem n;i^.:a'll;:;;ilr""'â "^" (t^e sty/e) until it reaches the main inner part (the ovary). It is in this part of the blossom that the seed is formed. Figures 14 and 15, showing the different parts of a blossom taken apart,
. Agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. 28 Sometimes the wind blows it over ; sometimes the insects carry it on their ixxlies and legs. As soon as the pollen reaches the upper end of the pistils, growth starts within the pistil, beginning at the top (the stigma) and FiK. Blossom, Continuing (lown through the fine stem n;i^.:a'll;:;;ilr""'â "^" (t^e sty/e) until it reaches the main inner part (the ovary). It is in this part of the blossom that the seed is formed. Figures 14 and 15, showing the different parts of a blossom taken apart, will help to understand what takes place. To form 3eed, then, the pollen from the stamens must reach the j)istils. \\\ some ])lants we have them side by side in the one blossom, in other plants soiue blossoms have only stamens and others only pistils. In this latter case the j)ollcn must be carried l)y the wind, or by insects, such as bees, as thev uo from flower to flower. The seed '"'>â¢â¢ '7^ incomplete or â ' *=*_ impi ikitHloNsoriis. ] he forms in the ovary of the blossom after the pollen has fallen from the stamens upon tne [Hstiis. Compare tliL- flowers of the a|)[)le willi those of the cherry, and the flowers oi the pear with those of the 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 James, C. C. (Charles Canniff), 1863-1916. Toronto : G. N. Morang
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