. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 117.—Young Fig. 118.—Ditto, further advancedSeedlings of Sycamore (March 18): a, cotyledon; b,(Mar. 13 and 20, 1885). tap-roots. tree continues gaily enough until, by the end of May,solid wood is formed. Through June the growthsolidifies, and proceeds less slowly, till by the middleof July the tree has obtained its ultimate height forthe first year. The samara shown in the figuresproduced a treeeleven inches high by the middle of Julylast year. That was under a bell-glass in
. Hardwicke's science-gossip : an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature . Fig. 117.—Young Fig. 118.—Ditto, further advancedSeedlings of Sycamore (March 18): a, cotyledon; b,(Mar. 13 and 20, 1885). tap-roots. tree continues gaily enough until, by the end of May,solid wood is formed. Through June the growthsolidifies, and proceeds less slowly, till by the middleof July the tree has obtained its ultimate height forthe first year. The samara shown in the figuresproduced a treeeleven inches high by the middle of Julylast year. That was under a bell-glass in the sun,whereas some other samaras, also in a bell-glass, butnot once exposed to the sun, had their cotyledons andfirst leaves still entire on Dec. I, 1885. I have noticed that, in the same way, tadpoles in shadedpools do not develop into frogs by July. By the end of May sycamores are flowering (), with largescented racemes, highly attractive toaphides and bees. The flowers have 7, 8, or 9 stamens,and a bifid pistil. As soon as the pistil is fertilised thelunation of the samaras begins, like buddin
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