. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. Fig. 73.—Teopceolum Majus. Fig. 74.—TEOPtEOLUM Majus. (Young bloom.) (Old bloom.) corymbs were repeatedly smeared with pollen from their own corymb ; but they' yielded only five very poor seeds, which were incapable of germination. Therefore the above three plants, belonging to two varieties, though growing vigorously and fertile with pollen from either of the other two plants, were utterly sterile with pollen from other flowers on the same ; A condition similar to that described in the cineraria is found in the nasturtium {Trop

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. The honey-bee; its nature, homes and products. Bees. Fig. 73.—Teopceolum Majus. Fig. 74.—TEOPtEOLUM Majus. (Young bloom.) (Old bloom.) corymbs were repeatedly smeared with pollen from their own corymb ; but they' yielded only five very poor seeds, which were incapable of germination. Therefore the above three plants, belonging to two varieties, though growing vigorously and fertile with pollen from either of the other two plants, were utterly sterile with pollen from other flowers on the same ; A condition similar to that described in the cineraria is found in the nasturtium {Tropceolum majus). In the young blossom may be observed the. 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 Harris, William Hetherington, 1835-. London, The Religious tract society

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