The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 50

B.—Botany

B.—Botany.

1. Describe as fully as you can the differences between a root and an underground stem.
2. Explain fully why a plant withers in a short time unless supplied with water.
3. What is the object of manuring plants?
4. It is often said that stamens and carpels are modified leaves: state exactly what you understand by this, giving examples.
5. Describe the structure of an ordinary stone-fruit, and explain the manner of its formation.
6. Describe as fully as you can any two of the following flowers:—Clematis, Pansy, Fuchsia, Blue-gum, Mapau ( Pittosporum), Pohutukawa or Rata ( Metrosideros), Wheat, or any other cereal, New Zealand Flax ( Phorniium), Cabbage, Dock.
7. What is nectar? Where is it produced, and what purpose does it serve in the economy of the plant?
8. Explain fully the meaning of the following terms:—ovule, ovary, carpel, anther, pollen, bract, umbel, raceme, capitulum, stipule, achene, berry.