. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 31. A Buttercup plant. Although they may sometimes seem very curiousflowers, yet every plant that produces seed has flowers. Let us see what a flower really is. Take, for example, abuttercup, cotton, tobacco, or plum blossom (see and 32). You will findon the outside a row ofgreen leaves inclosing theflower when it is still abud. These leaves are thesepals. Next on the insideis a row of colored leaves,or petals. Arranged insideof the petals are some Stigma Anther. -Stamen Stamen -Pistil Petal. Ovary Fig. 32. A Plum Blossom threadlike parts, each with a
. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 31. A Buttercup plant. Although they may sometimes seem very curiousflowers, yet every plant that produces seed has flowers. Let us see what a flower really is. Take, for example, abuttercup, cotton, tobacco, or plum blossom (see and 32). You will findon the outside a row ofgreen leaves inclosing theflower when it is still abud. These leaves are thesepals. Next on the insideis a row of colored leaves,or petals. Arranged insideof the petals are some Stigma Anther. -Stamen Stamen -Pistil Petal. Ovary Fig. 32. A Plum Blossom threadlike parts, each with a knob on the end. These are thestamens. Examine one stamen closely (Fig. 33). On theknob at its tip you should find, if the flower is fully open, 46 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS
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