It will be seen from the above brief account that flowers occur in almost infinite variety, so that we are able to tell the various groups of flowering plants by the kind of flowers they produce. Amidst all of this infinite variety, however, there are but two purposes shown, the variety being merely the different ways in which different plants have carried them out. These two purposes are the securing of pollination, in order that seeds may be formed, and the proper distribution of the seeds. All structures found in flowers should be made to answer these two problems.
GOD'S HANDIWORK.
JOHN WESLEY WAITE.
How beauteous every shade
On Spring's awakened trees!
How perfect the colors laid
By His most kind decrees!