. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 'HE casual obscn'er may perhaps have noticed that interesting law of nature which governs the color- ing of flowers, and which confines the hues of a given flower, or per- haps a botanical group of flowers, to two colors and the combination of these col- ors. The three primarv colors—red, yellow, and blue—are rarelv to be seen in the blossoms of the same botanical group. Thus we observe roses, hollvhocks, chrysanthemums, and tulips in all shades of white, yellow, pink, red, and crimson,
. Eye spy : afield with nature among flowers and animate things . Natural history; Insects; Natural history. 'HE casual obscn'er may perhaps have noticed that interesting law of nature which governs the color- ing of flowers, and which confines the hues of a given flower, or per- haps a botanical group of flowers, to two colors and the combination of these col- ors. The three primarv colors—red, yellow, and blue—are rarelv to be seen in the blossoms of the same botanical group. Thus we observe roses, hollvhocks, chrysanthemums, and tulips in all shades of white, yellow, pink, red, and crimson, even almost approaching black, and numberless combinations of these colors, but never blue. The same is true with dahlias, zinnias, lilies, gladioli, pinks, and portulacas. On the other hand, flowers which are notably blue—as in the bellworts, or " Canterbury-bells,". 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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