. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. POLLEN, OR FLOWER-DUST 105 243,000 pollen-orains, each alike beautifully sculp- tured and formed. And ao'ain, in the case of a pceony, 3,654,000 L;"rains have been recorded, and as an average for the blossoms oi a single rhodo- dendron bush no fewer than 72,620,000 grains. Vig. 68. Spherical pollen-^nains of tlu- vegetaljle- marruw riower, sho\ving pores have been estimated. And, since tiiese numbers apply to flowers fertilised by insects,
. Minute marvels of nature, being some revelations of the microscope, exhibited by photomicrographs taken by the author. Natural history; Microscopes. POLLEN, OR FLOWER-DUST 105 243,000 pollen-orains, each alike beautifully sculp- tured and formed. And ao'ain, in the case of a pceony, 3,654,000 L;"rains have been recorded, and as an average for the blossoms oi a single rhodo- dendron bush no fewer than 72,620,000 grains. Vig. 68. Spherical pollen-^nains of tlu- vegetaljle- marruw riower, sho\ving pores have been estimated. And, since tiiese numbers apply to flowers fertilised by insects, the enormous totals that would be reached by wind-fertilised plants such as pines, firs, birches, poplars, grasses, &c., are beyond our calculation or even imagina- tion. These wind-fertilised flowers are usually. 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 Ward, John J. New York, T. Y. Crowell and Co.
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