. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Fig. 46. Fig. 47. Fie. 46. Flower of the pea, Pisum satin 146. The Parts of the Flower Vary in Form in different species. In the pea flower (Fig. 46) the five petals, shown separate- ly in Fig. 47, are not only quite unlike the petals of the cherry flower, but, as appears, they are unlike ^ .„ , '•^^^^' each other. The Baillon). Fk;. 47. The same dissected, showing variation stanienS (Fig. 48 in form of the petals. (After Flguier). g^_ s, ^^^ ^^^ p-
. Principles of plant culture; an elementary treatise designed as a text-book for beginners in agriculture and horticulture. Horticulture; Botany. Fig. 46. Fig. 47. Fie. 46. Flower of the pea, Pisum satin 146. The Parts of the Flower Vary in Form in different species. In the pea flower (Fig. 46) the five petals, shown separate- ly in Fig. 47, are not only quite unlike the petals of the cherry flower, but, as appears, they are unlike ^ .„ , '•^^^^' each other. The Baillon). Fk;. 47. The same dissected, showing variation stanienS (Fig. 48 in form of the petals. (After Flguier). g^_ s, ^^^ ^^^ p-^. til (Fig. 49; of the pea are also quite different in form from those of the cherry. The varietj' of form in the parts of the flowers of different species is almost infinite. 147. Certain Parts of the Flower are often Wanting. The flowers of the maple haw no corolla; those of the willow have neither calyx nor corolla; certain flowers of the pumiJ- kin, Indian corn and many other plants have no stamens, while other flowers of the same species have no pistils (154). In many varieties of the American plums* the pis- til is often wanting. 148. Composite (com-pos'- ite) Flowers f are made up of several individual flowers in the same flower-head. The sun-flower (Fig. 50) is a * Primus Americana, P. angustifolia, P. hortulana. t The plants having composite flowers form an extensive family In botany, called Compi>.'.. Fig. 48. Fig. 4!t. Fig. 4s. Stamens (st) and plstU of the pea, Pisurn sativum. Fig. 49. Pistil of same alone. (After Baillon).. 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 Goff, E. S. (Emmett Stull), 1852-1902. Madison, Wis. , The Author
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