. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 226 EYE SPY being conveyed away upon the bodies of insects and carried to a second flower, and there placed upon the stigma to insure fertilization and devel- opment of the seed. The plans, devices, tricks, and pranks by which flowers accomplish this result are past belief. I have indicated only a few by way of a hint, and in previous papers on the bluebottle and figwort have described others, but none quite similar to the barberry. We all know the barberry, the prickly, thorny. Please
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 226 EYE SPY being conveyed away upon the bodies of insects and carried to a second flower, and there placed upon the stigma to insure fertilization and devel- opment of the seed. The plans, devices, tricks, and pranks by which flowers accomplish this result are past belief. I have indicated only a few by way of a hint, and in previous papers on the bluebottle and figwort have described others, but none quite similar to the barberry. We all know the barberry, the prickly, thorny. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York : Harper & Brothers
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