. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. zAiidromedas IVJiiin branches. The individual flower is hardly more than an eighth of an inch in diameter. From one of three blossoms I made the accompanying series of three sectional drawings. The first shows the remarkable interior arrangement of the ten stamens surrounding the pistil. The second presents a sec- tional view of these stamens, showing their peculiar. S-shaped lil
. Blossom hosts and insect guests; how the heath family, the bluets, the figworts, the orchids and similar wild flowers welcome the bee, the fly, the wasp, the moth and other faithful insects. Fertilization of plants. zAiidromedas IVJiiin branches. The individual flower is hardly more than an eighth of an inch in diameter. From one of three blossoms I made the accompanying series of three sectional drawings. The first shows the remarkable interior arrangement of the ten stamens surrounding the pistil. The second presents a sec- tional view of these stamens, showing their peculiar. S-shaped lilaments and ring of anthers—one of the latter being shown separate at the right with its two pores and exposed pollen. The freshlv opened blossom discloses the entire ring of anthers in per- fect equilibrium, each with its two orifices closed bv close contact with the style, thus retaining the pollen. It will readily be seen that an insect's 77. 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; Davie, Eleanor E. New York, Newson
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