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Miss Beech, in a paper on the pollination of cucurbits, made this state- 

 ment with reference to the nectar in the flower of the common squash 

 (CucurMta maxima): "In some pistillate flowers covered with bags, it 

 (nectar) was found outside the nectary. In one or two cases a half 

 teaspoonful of sweet nectar might easily have been obtained." 



Fig. 4. 



Cultivated Strawberry. Visited by bees and pollinated by them. 

 M. King.) 



(Charlotte 



The amount of moisture in the soil, and the humidity of the atmos- 

 phere gives us in a measure the amount of nectar secreted by the plant. 

 We hope to determine some of these points in our investigation. Prof. 

 L. A. Kenoyer during the past summer has been investigating this prob- 

 lem, and we hope to get at some of the interesting facts before another 

 season is over. In this connection my attention has been called by Mr. 



Fig. 5, 



Wild Plum {Prunus americana). Chiefly pollinated by honey bees. Bees 

 gather much honey from these flowers. (Charlotte King.) 



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