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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
197
When
the
geranium
first
opens,
all
its
ten
stamens
are
lying
flat
on
the
corolla
or
coloured
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
stamens
begin
to
raise
themselves
and
cling
round
the
stigma
or
knob
at
the
top
of
the
seed-vessel,
as
in
the
middle
flower.
Now
you
would
think
they
would
leave
their
dust
there.
But
no!
the
stigma
is
closed
up
so
tight
that
the
dust
cannot
get
on
to
the
sticky
part.
Now,
however,
the
bee
can
get
at
the
honey-glands
on
the
outside
of
the
raised
stamens;
and
as
he
sucks
it,
his
back
touches
the
anthers
or
dust-bags,
and
he
carries
off
the
pollen.
Then,
as
soon
as
all
their
dust
is
gone,
these
five
stamens
fall
down,
and
the
other
five
spring
up.
Still,
however,
the
stigma
remains
closed,
and
the
pollen
of
these
stamens,
too,
may
be
carried
away
to
another
flower.
At
last
these
five
also
fall
down,
and
then,
and
not
till
then,
the
stigma
opens
and
lays
out
its
five
sticky
points,
as
you
may
see
in
the
right-hand
flower,
Fig.
58.
But
its
own
pollen
is
all
gone,
how
then
will
it
get
any?
It
will
get
it
from
some
bee
who
has
just
taken
it
from
another
and
younger
flower;
and
thus
you
see
the
blossom
is
prevented
from
using
its
own
pollen,
and
made
to
use
that
of
another
blossom,
so
that
its
seeds
may
grow
healthy
and
strong.
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