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... crown . We all know that seeds are formed in the flower , and that the seeds are necessary to grow into new plants . But do we know the history of how they are formed , or what is the use of the different parts of the bud ? Let us ...
... crown . We all know that seeds are formed in the flower , and that the seeds are necessary to grow into new plants . But do we know the history of how they are formed , or what is the use of the different parts of the bud ? Let us ...
Page 166
... crowns ? plain green ones would protect the seed quite as well . Ah ! now we come to a secret well worth knowing . Look ... crown falls off . It is just about as it is falling that the anthers or bags of the stamens burst open , and then ...
... crowns ? plain green ones would protect the seed quite as well . Ah ! now we come to a secret well worth knowing . Look ... crown falls off . It is just about as it is falling that the anthers or bags of the stamens burst open , and then ...
Page 168
... crown showed where honey was to be found , he would soon spy these crowns out as he flew along ? or if they were behind a hedge , and he could not see them , would not the sweet scent tell him where to come and look for them ? And so we ...
... crown showed where honey was to be found , he would soon spy these crowns out as he flew along ? or if they were behind a hedge , and he could not see them , would not the sweet scent tell him where to come and look for them ? And so we ...
Page 169
... crown attracting the insects , the dust - bags holding the pollen , the little ovules each with the germ of a new plantlet , lying hidden in the seed - vessel , waiting for the pollen - grains to grow down to them . Lastly , when the ...
... crown attracting the insects , the dust - bags holding the pollen , the little ovules each with the germ of a new plantlet , lying hidden in the seed - vessel , waiting for the pollen - grains to grow down to them . Lastly , when the ...
Page 221
... crown , as in the left - hand flower in Fig . 58 , and then the bee cannot get at the honey . But in a short time five sta- mens begin to raise themselves and cling round the stigma or knob at the top of the seed - vessel , as in the ...
... crown , as in the left - hand flower in Fig . 58 , and then the bee cannot get at the honey . But in a short time five sta- mens begin to raise themselves and cling round the stigma or knob at the top of the seed - vessel , as in the ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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