. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . til, the upper por-tion forming the style and the stigma, the deep-seated por-tion being the ovary, which contains the ovule. When theflower is fertilized by the male element—the pollen-—theovary begins to develop and to form seeds, which, whenplanted, put forth leaves and stalks and finally bear flowers,just as did their parents. The pod with its peas or beansand the apple or pear with its seeds represent the ovary ofthe
. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . til, the upper por-tion forming the style and the stigma, the deep-seated por-tion being the ovary, which contains the ovule. When theflower is fertilized by the male element—the pollen-—theovary begins to develop and to form seeds, which, whenplanted, put forth leaves and stalks and finally bear flowers,just as did their parents. The pod with its peas or beansand the apple or pear with its seeds represent the ovary ofthe plant. In the animal kingdom sexual organs are possessed byeven the lowest members. The ovary of the fish, for in-stance, is familiar as the roe. It contains countless ovawhich, when deposited, are known as spawn. These ova,upon being fertilized, become the eggs, from which laterthe baby fish are hatched out. In birds the ovum is fertilized while in the ovary, andis then laid in the form of an eggt to be hatched outside themothers body. Every woman who has dressed a hen has ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY 95 seen its ovary with the unfertilized ova and the
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