Examples
Example 16.2 (Dissecting a tulip)
Open a wilting tulip gently, petal by petal. Inside stand the stamens — brush one on your finger and it leaves yellow pollen dust — and in the middle the fat green pistil. Slice the pistil across (a grown-up’s knife-work) and there they are: rows of tiny pale future seeds.
Example 16.4 (Watching one cherry happen)
Follow a single cherry blossom. April: white petals, buzzing bees. May: petals snowing down; where each flower stood, a tiny green ball — the swelling pistil. June: the ball grown red and sweet — a cherry, with the stone (its seed) inside. The flower did not fall; only its petals did.