. 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. The 'Beggar's Tick contrive means of obtaining their nectar without touching the triggerâa skilful operation, it ^ would seem, when we consider that the touch *- The woad-waxen, Genista tincloria, the " , Q-^x identical ''whin" of the English ,. ^,^ ⢠v. ^'V downs, now sparingly naturalized .. STICK-SFEn PLANTS OF THE AUTUMN WOODS K\ in some sections of New England, /^
. 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. The 'Beggar's Tick contrive means of obtaining their nectar without touching the triggerâa skilful operation, it ^ would seem, when we consider that the touch *- The woad-waxen, Genista tincloria, the " , Q-^x identical ''whin" of the English ,. ^,^ ⢠v. ^'V downs, now sparingly naturalized .. STICK-SFEn PLANTS OF THE AUTUMN WOODS K\ in some sections of New England, /^â ^ affords, i)erhaps, in the large size of its / flowers and rigid tension, the best illustra- ^ tion of this peculiar explosive mechanism to be found among our flora, and, like the various 47. 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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