. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . i-nal-flower, its only rival, must yield to its intenser cluster of the flowering plants is dazzling in its brill-iancy; and yet when we pay our tribute to the flow-er, we are giving credit where it is not due. The actual flower of the painted-cup is an insignif-icant greenish tube-like cloistered affair that is rarelydetected by the ordinary observer, being guarded by agorgeously attired retinue of leaves that acquire a dis-tinction they do not deserve. The cup is composedof many flowers, each wait
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . i-nal-flower, its only rival, must yield to its intenser cluster of the flowering plants is dazzling in its brill-iancy; and yet when we pay our tribute to the flow-er, we are giving credit where it is not due. The actual flower of the painted-cup is an insignif-icant greenish tube-like cloistered affair that is rarelydetected by the ordinary observer, being guarded by agorgeously attired retinue of leaves that acquire a dis-tinction they do not deserve. The cup is composedof many flowers, each waited upon by an attendant leaf^suggesting a three-lobed cape, which seems to havebeen dipped to its centre in the most vivid scarletpaint. It is the accumulation of these which gives thecolor effect to the plant, and they are mere leaves inmasquerade. Bryant calls them bright beakers, andpictures them as holding the dew for fairies. But itis a cup only in general outline, and would prove aleaky beaker, although it has managed to hold itssecret pretty securely from many of us for AN UNDERGROUND FLOWER
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