Birds and nature (1901) (14569012830)

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Title: Birds and nature

Year: 1900 (1900s)

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Subjects: Birds Natural history

Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ine woods and sandy soils, it is stillin a state of transition, although it hasbeen developing for centuries. As arule, plants have the stamens andpistils in the same blossom or part inone and part in another. The May-flower, however, does not carry out thisarrangement. Either the anthers orthe stigmas are abortive or partiallyso, or in other words, the perfect stig-mas are usually associated with abor-tive anthers and vice versa. In thismanner, nature has wisely provided forcross fertilization which is accomplishedlargely by insects, as the structure ofthe plant is not adapted to wind fer-tilization. The chosen agents for thisprocess are honey bees, and a few earlymoths and butterflies, to which thenectar is served by this beautiful Hebeof the spring and who carry the pollenfrom one flower to another. A wise provision of nature has beenpointed out whereby ants are kept awayfrom the nectar which they would de-vour without accomplishing the pur-poses for which it was created. Every 228

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