. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. HOW PLANTS MAURY. 87 a by a flower is a mass of red or yellow petals, conspicuously arranged about the true floral organs. The petals form, in point of fact, the popular notion of a flower—though from the point of view of science they are comparatively un- important, and are commonly spoken of (with the calyx) as "the floral en- ; It is the stamens and pistils (or carpels) that are the true flowers; they do the mass of the real work; and an enormous num- ber of flowers pos- sess these organs alone, v/ithout any conspicuous petals o
. Plant life [microform]. Botany; Botanique. HOW PLANTS MAURY. 87 a by a flower is a mass of red or yellow petals, conspicuously arranged about the true floral organs. The petals form, in point of fact, the popular notion of a flower—though from the point of view of science they are comparatively un- important, and are commonly spoken of (with the calyx) as "the floral en- ; It is the stamens and pistils (or carpels) that are the true flowers; they do the mass of the real work; and an enormous num- ber of flowers pos- sess these organs alone, v/ithout any conspicuous petals or other coloured surfaces. However, if you take a pretty garden flower (say a scarlet geranium) as a typi- cal example, and begin to examine it from the centre out- ward (which is the truest way), you will find it consists of the following parts, in the following order:— In the very centre of all comes the pistil,. FIG. 16.—GRAINS OF POLLEN, VERY MUCH MAGNIFIED, SENDING OUT 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : Hodder and Stoughton
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