. My studio neighbors. Natural history. THE WELCOMES OF THE FLOWERS 137 the flowers being shown from above, showing the two spreading stamens and the decidedly excep- tional unsymmetrical position of the long style extending to the side. A small nectar-seeking bumblebee had approached, and in alighting upon the fringed platform grasped the filaments for sup- port, and thus clapped the pollen aofainst his sides. Rea- soning from analogy, it would of course be abso- lutely clear that this pol- len has thus been depos- ited where it will come in contact with the stigma of another flower. So, of c
. My studio neighbors. Natural history. THE WELCOMES OF THE FLOWERS 137 the flowers being shown from above, showing the two spreading stamens and the decidedly excep- tional unsymmetrical position of the long style extending to the side. A small nectar-seeking bumblebee had approached, and in alighting upon the fringed platform grasped the filaments for sup- port, and thus clapped the pollen aofainst his sides. Rea- soning from analogy, it would of course be abso- lutely clear that this pol- len has thus been depos- ited where it will come in contact with the stigma of another flower. So, of course, it proved. In the bee's continual visits to the several flowers he came at length to the younger blooms, where the forked stig- mas were turned directly to the front, while the immature sta- mens were still curled up in the flower tubes. Even the unopened buds showed a number of species where the early matured stigma actually protruded. 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 and London, Harper & Brothers
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