The conveyance of pollen to the stigma of another flower.
The pollen may fall upon and fertilize the stigma of the same flower, in which case the flower is said to be self-fertilized, or oftener it is carried to another flowerby insects, winds or other agencies.
The pollen adheres to the head or proboscis of the bee which is at work, and is thus placed either on the stigma of the same flower, or is carried to another flower.
But they endeavour to lose as little time as they can; thus in flowers having several nectaries, if they find one dry they do not try the others, but as I have often observed, pass on to another flower.
By the stamens and anthers being so placed that the pollen cannot fall upon the stigma, while it does fall upon a visiting insect which carries it to the stigma of another flower.
In some there is a sticky secretion which, getting on to the proboscis of an insect, carries away the pollen, and applies it to the stigma of another flower.
Let us now see exactly what happens when pollen is placed by the bee on the stigma of another flower of the same kind.
Visiting another flower of the cluster, it would be an easy matter accidentally to transfer this pollen to the stigma of another flower.
In this case insects in seeking the nectar would get dusted with pollen, and would certainly often transport the pollen from one flower to the stigma of another flower.
In an anther of another flower, one cell contained green and the other yellow pollen.
I repeated this experiment on another flower, and in eighteen hours the stigmas were penetrated by a multitude of long pollen- tubes.
And not only expressions of welcome, but each with some perfect little plan of its own to make this insect guest the bearer of its pollen to the stigma of another flower of the same species.
Insects were intentionally attracted to the flower; but the pollen with which their bodies thus became dusted was designed to be carried to the stigmas of another flower, showing cross-fertilization to be the intention in nearly all blossoms.
There is another flower, called the Salvia, which belongs to the same family as our dead-nettle, and I think you will agree with me that its way of dusting the bee's back is most clever.
But even if you have not these, you may learn the history of another flower quite as curious, and which you can find in any field or lane even near London.
Still, however, the stigma remains closed, and the pollen of these stamens, too, may be carried away to another flower.
Thus he continues until the third segment is reached, from which he carries away a fresh load of pollen to another flower.
Reasoning from analogy, it would of course be absolutely clear that this pollen has thus been deposited where it will come in contact with the stigma of another flower.
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