626. [boxed text] How to Have Perfect Children Child Bearing - Facts for Mothers - How Nature Works - The Mother Sole Arbiter of Her Child's Fate - How Mothers Can Have Perfect Children - Saving Children From Disease. [end boxed text] Chapter III. How to Have Perfect Children The reproduction of the species is governed by the laws of nature which are practically the same in all plants and animals including man. They are fixed and invariable, and any attempt to alter them is attended with evil consequences, such as the production of monstrosities, or inefficient offspring. According to these laws, there can be no reproduction without a junction of the male with the female, that is, they must unite, or the multiplication of the species is an impossibility. Among fruit trees, to cite a familiar instance, the tree bears male and female flowers. The male flower carries a dust called "pollen," which when brought within reach of the female flower, is absorbed by it, and the result is fruit. Generally, the same tree carries both the male and female flowers. But some trees carry only the male, while others carry only the female flowers. This is the case with the date palm. Care must be taken to plant trees carrying male flowers in the same grove with the trees