. The human side of plants. ascend thestalk are held fast by the glue until they are case of slaughter, but in self-defence. Another member of the Pink family, and oneequally skilled in catching insects, is the starrycampion. In the tubes of its snowy white flowersare tiny drops of honey that must be saved to re-ward the flying insects which carry its , it spreads a sticky fluid on its calyces,and occasionally on its pedicels, to catch crawlingintruders; and in this way it entraps the would-beburglar. As there are no general prisons in the plantworld, each individual j^l
. The human side of plants. ascend thestalk are held fast by the glue until they are case of slaughter, but in self-defence. Another member of the Pink family, and oneequally skilled in catching insects, is the starrycampion. In the tubes of its snowy white flowersare tiny drops of honey that must be saved to re-ward the flying insects which carry its , it spreads a sticky fluid on its calyces,and occasionally on its pedicels, to catch crawlingintruders; and in this way it entraps the would-beburglar. As there are no general prisons in the plantworld, each individual j^lant is compelled to holdand imprison its own enemies. Thus kidnapping isreally forced upon them. The common or card teazel, sometimes knownas gypsy combs, has learned through ages of ex-perience how best to care for itself. Not onlydoes it defend itself against browsing animals bymeans of its numerous prickles; but, that it maybe sure of enough food, it has learned to kidnapinsects. This is done in a most novel manner. The. STAKKY CAMPION. Silene stellata. One of the many ki<lnap])ing plants whieh catcti insects by means of a sticky fluid with whieh they cover their stalks.
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