. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. a honey-plant. The flowers of the borage family are often at first red and latf change to blue, and several ipecii at ' filled wil h coloring ma- terial, a, the sheep pastures of New Mexico there grows blood purslane (Plagiobothrys arizonicus); "when the sheep find a patch of it, ii colo their heads red clear to the ; In the mint family (Labiatae) and figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) theri are man) bee flowers, which stand nearlj horizontal and are mostly 2- lipped. According to the way the lips have developed the larger flow, i hibit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. a honey-plant. The flowers of the borage family are often at first red and latf change to blue, and several ipecii at ' filled wil h coloring ma- terial, a, the sheep pastures of New Mexico there grows blood purslane (Plagiobothrys arizonicus); "when the sheep find a patch of it, ii colo their heads red clear to the ; In the mint family (Labiatae) and figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) theri are man) bee flowers, which stand nearlj horizontal and are mostly 2- lipped. According to the way the lips have developed the larger flow, i hibit strange fantastic forms, which mimic the heads of reptiles, animals, or inanimati such are the turtlehead, snapdragon, mi flower, toadflax, foxglove, skullcap, shoe-flow er, pa inti d i up and i head. The species in both families number nearlj 5,000, and are chiefly herbaceous. Among the more im- portant honey-plants in the mint family are the sages, catnip, hoar- hound, pennyroyal and motherwort; but in the figwort family honey- plants are rare, perhaps the best n being the figwoi family promises to be of much bene- fit to the bi eept locally. ( bigs. 6, 7 and 8.) Regular flowers, it will be noticed, cither face the sky or the earth; while ir- regular flowers always stand more or less horizontal. In the dense flower- cluster of the horse-chestnut the lat- eral flowers are irregular, and the single terminal flower is perfectly A vertical flower is ap- proached by insects from all sides with equal ease, and the forces which might tend to change its form are in equilibrium, or counterbalance each oilier, as in the buttercup and straw- berry; 1ml when a flower stand hori- like the snapdragon or sage, lues nearly always alight on the ide of the corolla. The lower' -r, i -in, i ransformed into a lip, which serves as a landing stage; ami the upper petals are modified into a helmet t" protect the anthers from i,mi. A bilabiate flower, is. after all, not such a great marvel. I big
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