. 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. kr 4. V How THE Flowers Woo THE Insects Gold-barred butterflies, tt) and fro, And over the waterside 'â '^^ wandered and wove. As heedless and idle as clouds that rove And drift by the peaks of perpetual ; Idle indeed! Observe the insect more carefully, my poet ! We have cherished the thought of the '' idle but- tertly," the type of charming heedlessness, too long.
. 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. kr 4. V How THE Flowers Woo THE Insects Gold-barred butterflies, tt) and fro, And over the waterside 'â '^^ wandered and wove. As heedless and idle as clouds that rove And drift by the peaks of perpetual ; Idle indeed! Observe the insect more carefully, my poet ! We have cherished the thought of the '' idle but- tertly," the type of charming heedlessness, too long. He is no idler, but a hard worker I' ' u and an earnest student, who could tell the wisest of us, if he would speak, more true science than we have ever dreamed of. It was the constant presence of these "idlers" at the blossoms' throats that led Surengel and Darwin 19. 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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