. Country life reader . Purple-tlowering raspberry. 3^4 COUNTRY LIFE READER shaped tube glimmering in the moonhght to attract itsfavored June flower, the very opposite in nature to the hedge-bindweed, is the pur-ple-flowering raspberry. Itsrich purple color showsthat it blooms by day, andthat its best friend is thebee; and if you examine itclosely you will find thatits stem is clammy andsticky, so as to keep off theunwelcome ant. It is avery beautiful flower, butits beauty is not to bemeddled with, for the pet-als are almost sure to dropoff if you touch it, and itlooks very dra
. Country life reader . Purple-tlowering raspberry. 3^4 COUNTRY LIFE READER shaped tube glimmering in the moonhght to attract itsfavored June flower, the very opposite in nature to the hedge-bindweed, is the pur-ple-flowering raspberry. Itsrich purple color showsthat it blooms by day, andthat its best friend is thebee; and if you examine itclosely you will find thatits stem is clammy andsticky, so as to keep off theunwelcome ant. It is avery beautiful flower, butits beauty is not to bemeddled with, for the pet-als are almost sure to dropoff if you touch it, and itlooks very draggled andwilted before you get faron your way toward June is far ad-vanced, along the roadsideor in the rougher parts ofthe pasture-field you areHkely to meet with the firstmilkweed blossoms of thesummer. The milkweedis a general favorite among the insects, and it is in-teresting to stop for a few minutes to watch whatvisitors the milkweed flowxrs have, and how they The milkweed. WELCOME AND UNWELCOME VISITORS 365 The ants, of course, are barred, for not only is the stemcovered with fine hairs, which prevent them from cHmb-ing, but it is sticky, and the ant can no more cHmb itthen you can walk througha wet clay field after a the bees are welcome—the only really welcome vis-itors it has. Watch one ofthem as it sips the , there, indeed! One ofits feet has slipped into acrack in the side of theflower, and it cannot draw itout without dragging withit the lining of the hole anda big mass of pollen away it flies to an-other flower, where the bur-den of pollen is gratefullyreceived. But see ! Herecomes a fly. Lucky fellow!He has managed to get asip of the nectar withoutfalling into the trap. Buthis neighbor, feeding onthe next flower, is not sofortunate—and, tug with allhis might, he is not strongenough to draw out the lining of the hole in which hisfoot has been caught, and so he is left to struggle, andat last to die—a
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