St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-02-16
Vitality of Sexes.

has advanced ;" far III the plant 81 the
animal AZ To- call for division into
sexes. il will hardly he denied that the
female is in mulc intimate communion
with this leading object than the male.
The female must necessarily he the
most favored Of nature. AT the COM
menctment Of the division the female
will be- provided for: and i'll the great
struggle fol life. all other things being
equal. the chances will he largely i'll her
favor. In plants the division into sex
& is not made apparent until the flow
erlng period arrives. some are herlnapil-
ro,ites: that is. they have >ramrns and
pi>tils III the. same flowers. Others are
dirciouS. or have the male flowers
wholly on one plant. and the females
on another. But il * seldom known.
prior to Towering. which L. the male
plant. OF which i the female. still the
peculiar sexual principle i'll some cases.
no doubt. pcINadeS the whole plant.
and exists long anterior Ia Towering:
for Il male "r female plant once known
will generally always remain 81. Gut
ling> taken from either Will he pretty
sure Ia rcprohiuce the same sexual flow
rrS again. though not always: for the
female silver maple viii not unflequcnt
" put forth branches with male flowers.
Still lis u general thing. sex is not de
teInimrd i'll plants until near the flow
cring time: and l.. Is has been said.
never known until the flowers have
actually opened. In those plants which
hesr male and female flowers separate
on The. same plant. it is then seen that
the male flowers only appear on the
IL
tratcd 10y It pine or spruce tree. The
female, flower i that which becomes the
pine cone. The male flowers gather in
small clusters. and are tlinee which pro-
ducr the dust (p"llenl i'll early spring.
The male flowers nI CONES only appear
at the ends of the healthic>t branches.
" he tree grows. al course tlI, branch
- NOW at the ends in time become the
interior. and are then shaded by those
which 90 beyond them. Shade always
tends Ia lessen the. vitality of Il growing
branch and here We see thar branch
t. once strong AMI female flowers. a.
soon aS thus partially weakened 10y
shade bear only male ones. An inspcc-
ton "f any pine tree III spring will
show. that though male flowers are
sometimes borne AT the base of the shoots
bearing female flowers. weak shoots
will never bear anything hut male
ones. This will he found the ease in
all plants of Il nlonuclnue character.
In the common dnbiUSid. III ragwrcd.
the male flowers are on Il sort of weak
tnrd. half dread looking raccmr while
the females are situated III the best
position fol receiving the highest
amount III nutrition the plant can he
STOW. Those " u have examined this
matter III plants, See the truth of the
position i'll the vegetable world. that
natures highest efforts i'll the formation
of the >cArS are invariably iii the female
line.
The same facts appear /" Ms i'll the
animal world. In the very Iir>t >trug-
gle with life the males get the worst of
it. The vast majority "f all the cEil-
dr"n " lin die under five Years of age
are mrle>. As the SEXES approlch MA
IuritN. the terrible strain ON the female
system begins. and the numbers of
males and females again nearly equal
lie. lh, amount "t nutrition over and
above that required To sustain life pas
>t> III thu male ~ brain and muscle. To
mere physical strength and intellectual
capacity: bat liz the female. to I'M
mtII>c nutritlNt power fnI the support
"t another human being. Man is ply
>IrhliN stronger than woman: that ~.
III ra>'.> requiring an Immediate conccn-
riati"u at power. he i her superior.
. BIt ia ritnity. if 10y thai We MAY I'M
drI stand the ability 10 endure rirrum-
>tancrS tending /" destroy life. he i
below lrt. Not only can he not endure
al ! h..
lie. bat H. Hm adult he sinks under
pain that 4 unmau would hardly faint
with. my one Of us can look around
and ~cr women with perhaps half Il
dozen Young children which she must
look after. a continual series of routine
mnu"ronou$ house work which She
must attend To, NOW roasting AT the
oven. >rcaminy "v'-I the wH>hiuh al
freezing at the clothe>-line. and CON
tinuallN with tn, w"rly of ewing child
zen ringing in hcl ears: and all this
for wears aud wears. with ailing infants
and sick older children. and perhaps
even male specimen "f alI Older east
/" whom she l. expected to he Il ''hrlp-
mate" hc>idc> all this: altogether for
months and months giving her hut three
"r fnur hours at sound sleep pei night.
W here is the man that could endure
it! \ year al such ii life Would Kill
the strongest III lis. We tind the same
law of Vi tal endurance outside of man.
cavalry officers III the late war found
ont The Wisdom of selecting mares Ton
.rdn"U> services: and We all know
what Il miserable dull animal the um-
seized ON becomes This branch of nllI
topic need not he further pursued. Ii
has been shown that naturally The re
productive principle should hc endowed
with the highest attributes OF Vitality
and the few INSTANCES cited will show
It's bearing III the world of facts From
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