. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Vi;ky 1ntki,ij(;i:nt Plant 271 Tlic ^msc knows tlu* saiiu- tliiiij^, too ; and it takis particular can* to piiMTVi- its Uaws and llowcrs aj^ainst tlu' aj^j^rcssiw ipiadi upt-dN. Wlu'n Novfinhcr comes it begins to blossoni. No. 7 shows yon how cleverly and cautiously it makes its preparations for this important function. The llower-buds, I need hardly say, are particularly rich and juicy, and, there- fore, particularly lial")le to the assaults ol the enemy. I lence, you will observe, they ate doubly protected. Toj^u
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Vi;ky 1ntki,ij(;i:nt Plant 271 Tlic ^msc knows tlu* saiiu- tliiiij^, too ; and it takis particular can* to piiMTVi- its Uaws and llowcrs aj^ainst tlu' aj^j^rcssiw ipiadi upt-dN. Wlu'n Novfinhcr comes it begins to blossoni. No. 7 shows yon how cleverly and cautiously it makes its preparations for this important function. The llower-buds, I need hardly say, are particularly rich and juicy, and, there- fore, particularly lial")le to the assaults ol the enemy. I lence, you will observe, they ate doubly protected. Toj^uarda^ain^t larj^i' animals, each little knot ol buds is care- luliy placed, for safetv, in the anj^le formed by the main stem with one of its , sti)ut branches. Stem and branch alike end in a forbiddinj4 prickle, and the buds are so set in the axil that it is simply impossible for anv browsing creatine to )4et at them without encounterinif both these serious weapons. Indeed, no illustration can fully brinj^ out the beautiful variety and com|ilexity of arranj^ement bv which each separate j^roup ot buds is completely defended ; in order to understand it fully, I advise you, after readinj^ this chapter, to go. NO. 8.—TitK i;Kr ArtoAi, I'K<»i i. KKOM ; 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. Toronto : W. Briggs
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