. The theory of horticulture : or, An attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles . Horticulture; Plant physiology. VITAL ACTIONS. called stamens and pistil, of whicli the pistil occupies the centre, and the stamens surround it; except in those cases where the sexes are produced in separate flowers, when each sex is central in its own flower. The stamens consist of a filament and an anther, in the inside of the latter of which is secreted a powdery substance called pollen. The pistil consists of ovary, style, and stigma, in the inside of the first of
. The theory of horticulture : or, An attempt to explain the principal operations of gardening upon physiological principles . Horticulture; Plant physiology. VITAL ACTIONS. called stamens and pistil, of whicli the pistil occupies the centre, and the stamens surround it; except in those cases where the sexes are produced in separate flowers, when each sex is central in its own flower. The stamens consist of a filament and an anther, in the inside of the latter of which is secreted a powdery substance called pollen. The pistil consists of ovary, style, and stigma, in the inside of the first of which are ovules or young seeds. 82. Although the floral envelopes may be, and often are, absent, wholly or in part, yet the sexes are al- ways present. Consequent- ly the latter are all that is essential to a flower, and no part can be a flower from which they are ab- sent. 83. Notwithstanding the difference in form and of fice of the parts of a flow- er, they have evidently a strong tendency, in cul- tivated plants, to change into or assume the appear- ance of each other. In the Poppy, the Garden Ane- mone, and many others, the stamens change into petals; in the Anemone, the Eanunculus, &c., the pistil changes into petals; in the Primrose, Cowslip,. 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 Lindley, John, 1799-1865; Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. New York : Wiley and Halsted
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