. 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 Moccasin-Flower. compliments piled upon the first as he says " good- ; It is doubtful whether in his natural life he ever fully effaces the telltale effects of this demonstrative ail rcvoir. Such, with slight modifications, is the plan evolved by the whole cy- pripedium tribe. Darwin mentions bees as the implied fertilizers, and doubtless many of the smaller bees
. 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 Moccasin-Flower. compliments piled upon the first as he says " good- ; It is doubtful whether in his natural life he ever fully effaces the telltale effects of this demonstrative ail rcvoir. Such, with slight modifications, is the plan evolved by the whole cy- pripedium tribe. Darwin mentions bees as the implied fertilizers, and doubtless many of the smaller bees do effect cross- fertilization in the smaller species. But the more ample passage in acaule would suggest the medium- sized Bombus as better adapted. The large yellow lady's-slipper or whip-poor- will's shoe, C. hirsiitnm, is fond of swampy wood- lands. It has a peculiar, rather disagreeable, oily odor, which might lead one to suppose that flies fertilize it. Darwin, however, whom Professor Asa Gray interested in this species, found that small bees were more serviceable. The smaller variety of the yellow lady's-slipper, 165. 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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