. Elements of botany. Plants. TRUE NATUKE OF FLORAL ORGANS. 153 sepals and petals in such ilowers as the white water-lily. In this flower there is a remarkable series of intermediate steps ranging all the way from petals, tipped with a bit of anther, through stamens with a broad petal-like filament to regular stamens, as is shown in Fig. 136, E, F, G, H. The same thing is shown in many double roses (Fig. 137). In com- pletely double flowers all the essential organs are transformed by cultivation into petals. In tlie flowers of tlie cultivated double cherry the pistils occasionally take the for
. Elements of botany. Plants. TRUE NATUKE OF FLORAL ORGANS. 153 sepals and petals in such ilowers as the white water-lily. In this flower there is a remarkable series of intermediate steps ranging all the way from petals, tipped with a bit of anther, through stamens with a broad petal-like filament to regular stamens, as is shown in Fig. 136, E, F, G, H. The same thing is shown in many double roses (Fig. 137). In com- pletely double flowers all the essential organs are transformed by cultivation into petals. In tlie flowers of tlie cultivated double cherry the pistils occasionally take the form of small leaves, and some roses turn wholly into green leaves. Summing up, then, we know that flowers are altered and shortened branches : (1) because flower-buds have the same. 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917; Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Bergen's Botany: key and flora, Pacific coast ed. Boston : Ginn
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