. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . A BUTTERFLY BOWER . September 22d OMEWHERE among my books a wistful N poet sings,rf«f Id be a butterfly born in a bower. Now I dont know that it is the habit ofbutterflies in general to be born in bow-ers any more than anywhere else—undera cabbage-leaf, or a fence-rail, or stone, ordried leaf, for instance. But I am goingto give my poet the fullest justice in assuming thathe meant to imply that he would prefer to be theHunters butterfly to any other in creation; for inthis insect we have in truth the one b
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers . A BUTTERFLY BOWER . September 22d OMEWHERE among my books a wistful N poet sings,rf«f Id be a butterfly born in a bower. Now I dont know that it is the habit ofbutterflies in general to be born in bow-ers any more than anywhere else—undera cabbage-leaf, or a fence-rail, or stone, ordried leaf, for instance. But I am goingto give my poet the fullest justice in assuming thathe meant to imply that he would prefer to be theHunters butterfly to any other in creation; for inthis insect we have in truth the one butterfly that isliterally born in a bower. Its bower is composed of petals and other parts offlowers, and hangs among the blossoms of the commoneverlasting (GnapJialinvi decurrens). It is occasionallyalmost concealed among the flowers, but may often befound quite conspicuously displayed, and three to fourinches in length. If we take a walk in the grassy road, in the pasturelot, or mountain path, we may now find dozens of them.
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