. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 142 THE RTORY OF THE PLANTS. ' moved by the wind; thuy have numerous flowers in each, and they shake out enormous quantities of pollen. This you can see for your- self by shaking a hazel branch in the flowering season, when you will find yourself covered by a perfect shower of pollen. In hazel (Fig. 29) the male and fema'' flowers grow on the same tree, but are mosr different to look at. You would hardly take. Fio. 29.—FLOWERS OF THE HAZEL. I, a single male flower, r^'moved from a catkin. II, a pair of female flowers. Ill, a female catkin. them for
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. 142 THE RTORY OF THE PLANTS. ' moved by the wind; thuy have numerous flowers in each, and they shake out enormous quantities of pollen. This you can see for your- self by shaking a hazel branch in the flowering season, when you will find yourself covered by a perfect shower of pollen. In hazel (Fig. 29) the male and fema'' flowers grow on the same tree, but are mosr different to look at. You would hardly take. Fio. 29.—FLOWERS OF THE HAZEL. I, a single male flower, r^'moved from a catkin. II, a pair of female flowers. Ill, a female catkin. them for corresponding parts of the same species. The male flowers are grouped in long sausage-shaped catkins, each blossom covered with a tiny brown scale, and all arranged like tiles on a roof against the jold of winter. There are about eight stamens to each blossom, with little trace of a calyx or corolla. But the females are grouped in funny little buds, like crimson tufts, well protected by scales; they consist of the future haijel-nut, with a red style and feathery stigma projecting above to catch the pollen. Here the flowers are very little like. 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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