The honey-suckle round the porch

Has woven its wavy bowers.

The corolla of this single scarlet geranium has five petals which are not united. Each petal is broad at the apex and tapers toward the base.

Its five sepals are separate. Look at the calyx and the corolla of the sweet-brier or

the wild rose.

Compare the flowers of the sweet-brier and phlox.

The petals of the corolla are sometimes united.

The sepals of the calyx are sometimes united.

What is the name of a corolla having the petals united? What is the name of a corolla having many petals?

Find the calyx and the corolla of each of six Describe the calyx and the

different flowers.

9. THE STAMENS AND THE PISTIL.

Take a flower in your hand and pick off the calyx and the corolla. Do this very carefully. What do you see now?

There are many slender stalks left. Are these slender thread-like stalks stamens?

Yes; these are the stamens.

The apex

of each stamen is a yellow head or pod. The pod is a yellow dust called pollen. See! the pollen falls when

the flower is shaken.

The bee uses the pollen of the flower for bee-bread.

Now carefully remove the stamens. What is left?

Nothing but a ball having one or more slender stalks.

This ball is the seed-vessel.

The slen

der stalk and the seed-vessel are the pistil.

Let us find the stamens and the pistil of many flowers.

On the desk are many flower buds, some of which are almost open.

The corolla and the calyx cover and protect the stamens and the pistils of each flower.

The stamens and the pistil are the

necessary and the useful parts of the flower. This is the reason they are so well protected.

Of what use are the calyx and the corolla? Take a flower and show each part.

Name each part and tell where it is found in the flower.

Select a flower and draw its parts.

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Mabel, where did you get that bouquet of sweet-peas?"

"Mamma gave this bouquet to me. The flowers grew in the garden. Would you like one of the blossoms? You may have this pink and white one."

"Thank you, Mabel. Oh, how fragrant

it is!"

"Yes, it is very fragrant; but if you wish to know the sweet-pea you must look at it very carefully and take it to pieces."

"Shall I tell you what mamma told me yesterday about this beautiful blossom?"

The pea has a calyx, a corolla, several stamens, and a pistil.

But these parts are

not like those of the morning

glory, the honey-suckle, the gera

nium, the peach, and the rose.

Look at this corolla. Here are five