. 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 Larch jiid Ljdics of the z/Jnini Familv living thing to extend to us a vernal greeting, actu- ally braving the barriers of ice to bring us the mes- sage which it receives from mother earth long before the wood flower hears it in the south wind or the lisp of the bluebird tells it to the trees. For this reason, if no other, we should welcome our purple-mottled, hooded blossom,
. 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 Larch jiid Ljdics of the z/Jnini Familv living thing to extend to us a vernal greeting, actu- ally braving the barriers of ice to bring us the mes- sage which it receives from mother earth long before the wood flower hears it in the south wind or the lisp of the bluebird tells it to the trees. For this reason, if no other, we should welcome our purple-mottled, hooded blossom, even though it is not graced with perfume nor blest with a poetic name and has not been fitted by nature to appear to advantage in a button-hole. .?!, If you are disposed to question its right to the MM i^^i'i'i^' <^^f blossom, compare it with the beautiful calla, and you will at once recognize their % '^^J^ ^V 1» l^wfc^f -sa " - fl ./ 13 .r-^^&»-«. 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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