. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. PREHISTORIC I41 A RANDOM POSY. kingdom than that between the pineapple and the Southern moss which drapes our subtropi- cal trees. And yet the discriminating eye of the botanical analyst readily detects their close kinship, and places them side by side. My knowledge of the Southern flora and fauna is limited. I do not happen to know of any insect that inhabits the swinging fringe of the bayou, but if any there be I should confidently expect its discovery also upon the leaves of the pine- apple. There is, indeed, scarcely a sing
. Strolls by starlight and sunshine;. Natural history. PREHISTORIC I41 A RANDOM POSY. kingdom than that between the pineapple and the Southern moss which drapes our subtropi- cal trees. And yet the discriminating eye of the botanical analyst readily detects their close kinship, and places them side by side. My knowledge of the Southern flora and fauna is limited. I do not happen to know of any insect that inhabits the swinging fringe of the bayou, but if any there be I should confidently expect its discovery also upon the leaves of the pine- apple. There is, indeed, scarcely a single family of plants without its responsi- ble specialist among the in- sect tribes. We have already noted a number of such, and the list of ready authorities is doubtless as complete throughout this primal su- preme botany as in the modern human infringement. Among these orders not al- ready mentioned is the Willow family — the poplafs and wil- lows being interchangeable as the choice of many insects. The great Composites have many experts, likewise the oak pink, polygonum, mint, and ranunculus. There are many dis- ciples of the Rose — keen senses that discover it in the apple, cherry, plum, hawthorn bramble, cinquefoil, spirea, and strawberry. The Apple-tree moth. 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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