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In the centre of the flower is the green seed-vessel; and if we cut this across, we shall find that it is divided into three parts, each of which contains several young seeds.
位于花朵中間的就是綠色種皮, 我們將其切開, 就會發現, 種皮分為三個部分, 其中每一個都包含若干小種子。
After the flowers have been open for a few days, the seed-vessels swell and become hard. The rest of the flower then withers away. The seed-vessel turns brown as it ripens, and in autumn it splits open and scatters its little black seeds on the ground. These seeds then take root, and producenew hyacinth plants.
風信子的花兒盛開幾天之后, 種皮便會膨脹, 變硬, 花朵的其他部分則逐漸枯萎。種皮成熟之后變成棕色, 到了春天, 種皮裂開, 于是, 里面的黑色種子落到了地上。隨后, 這些種子生根發芽, 成長為新的風信子。
What is the use of its bulb to the hyacinth? The bulb is a kind of store-house, in which the plant lays up food during the summer, so that it may be able to grow quickly, and to flower early in the next spring. As the leaves and flowers grow, they use up all the food contained in the bulb, and it slowly wastes away.
風信子的球莖有什么用呢? 它就像是一個儲藏室, 可以讓風信子在夏天的時候儲備食物, 從而讓自己快速生長, 在來年的春季早一些盛開花朵。隨著葉子與花朵的生長, 風信子會把球莖中儲存的養分全部消耗完畢, 球莖也就逐漸失去了作用。
But after the flowers have ripened and formed their seeds, the plant sets to work to make a new bulb, either above or on one side of the old one. Thus the same hyacinth plant grows on in the ground year after year, forming a new bulb every year.
然而, 當花朵成熟, 形成種子時, 原有的球莖上方或者一邊就會長出新的球莖。因此, 年復一年, 新的球莖總是能夠在原地生長成為另外一株風信子。
Did you ever buy hyacinth bulbs to grow in pots or glasses, or in your garden? Such hyacinths are somewhat different from the wild ones. Their six petals are joined together, except at the tips. The flowers are crowded more closely together on the flower-stalk than they are in the wild hyacinth, and are of more varied colours. I hope that you will one day try to grow a hyacinth in a glass of water.
你是否買過風信子球莖, 種植在花盆、玻璃瓶或花園之中? 這些風信子與野生的有所不同。六個花瓣除了頂部, 其余部分全部連接在一起。與野生風信子相比, 家養風信子花莖上的花朵彼此依靠得更加緊密, 而且顏色更加豐富。希望有一天你們可以親手在一杯水中栽種一株風信子。
