. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . ion of a typical Flower: p—Petal: The petals taken togetherare called the corolla, s—Sepal: Sepals taken together are calledthe calyx, at—Stamen: The male part of plant, fi—The filament atCS QUicklvor thread-like part of stamen, an—The filament or pollen producing r>i i /-\ V part of stamen, pi—Pistil or female part of flower, sti—the stigma tnC Jjlack Oakor part receiving the pollen, o—The ovary which b


. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . ion of a typical Flower: p—Petal: The petals taken togetherare called the corolla, s—Sepal: Sepals taken together are calledthe calyx, at—Stamen: The male part of plant, fi—The filament atCS QUicklvor thread-like part of stamen, an—The filament or pollen producing r>i i /-\ V part of stamen, pi—Pistil or female part of flower, sti—the stigma tnC Jjlack Oakor part receiving the pollen, o—The ovary which bears the seeds,r—Receptacle, often helps to make up the fruit slowly. The 274 GARDEN GUIDE Ash seed is rather oUy and benefits by being treated to a weakacid bath. There are a number of reasons why seeds fail to germinate. Theymay have been immature when gathered. Pansy seed matures sothat some of the seeds are ripe while others are not. Some seeds uponbecoming too dry, are killed. Seeds have often been stored while moistand heating has resulted which killed the vital germ of growth; whilestill other have been injured by insects and fungi before or after


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