HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



CAPRIFOLIACE^ 



Twin-flower. To the botanist the beautiful 

 Httle blossoms of the Twin-flower or Linnaea are 

 valued not only for their delicate beauty and 

 delicious fragrance but also because this blossom 

 was chosen to perpetuate the name of the great 



founder of botanical science — 

 Linnaeus, the Swedish natural- 

 ist. In its structure the flower 

 is also of decided interest. The 

 inside of the blossom is filled 

 with hairs projecting trans- 

 versely from the corolla, while 

 the outside of the flower-stalk 

 and the calyx is covered with 

 glandular hairs. Both of these 

 are evidently devices for preventing the visits of 

 ants and other unbidden guests. The stigma pro- 

 jects beyond the stamens, so that cross-fertiliza- 

 tion is insured. The flower is probably visited 

 by small bees. 



The Twin-flower is one of the very few herba- 

 ceous plants that belong to the great Honeysuckle 

 family, most of the members of which are shrubs. 

 This family includes the numerous species of 



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LINN^A 



