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 desirous of making the experiments, who are altogether ignorant of botany, it may not be amiss to observe, that each of the small flowers, or blossoms of the vine, contains five stamina, or male parts of the plant, and one pistil, or female part, These are so called, because their conjunction is, in most cases, necessary for the formation, and in all cases, for the perfection of the fruit. The male parts are small awl-shaped filaments, surrounding the female, which they rise above, and spreading a little outwards; their extremities, called antheræ, are covered with the pollen or farina. From the smallness of the flowers of the vine, the operation will, of course, be more difficult and nice than in the apple; but every thing will yield to care and perseverance.