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XXIV. ORCHIDS 
Many Native Species—Structure of Orchid Flowers—An 
Interesting Experiment—Suicidal Flies—Man Orchis—Bee 
Orchis—Fly Orchis—Musk Orchis—Fragrant Orchis— 
Butterfly Orchis—Bog Orchis—Coral-Root and Bird’s-Nest 
—Probable History—Tway- acai s Tresses—Helle- 
borines—Lady’s Slipper : ‘ : 
XXV. FLAG AND CROCUS 
Blue-eyed Grass—Romulea—Autumnal Crocus—Vernal 
Crocus—Two Modes of Propagation—Young Corms plant 
themselves— Yellow Iris—Its Puzzling Flowers — Fly- 
Flowers and Bee-Flowers—Gladdon or Roast-beef Plant 
XXVI. DAFFODIL AND SNOWDROP 
Links between Flags and Lilies—Underground Treasuries 
—Lent-Lily—Snowdrop—A Business Day of Six Hours— 
More Thriftiness—Snowflakes 
XXVII. LILIES AND ONIONS 
Odour and Malodour related—Martagon Lily—An In- 
genious Plan for economising Honey—Nature of Lily- 
Bulbs—How Lilies travel—Alexander Pope in need of 
Revision—The Founder of the Lily Family—Asparagus— 
Butcher’s Broom: Why it is Leafless—Lily of the Valley 
—A. Floral Fraud—Solomon’s Seal—Broad-leaved Garlic— 
Wild Leek—Grape Hyacinth—Vernal Squill—Autumnal 
Squill— Blue Bell—Star of Bethlehem — Fritillary or 
Snake’s-head—Wild Tulip—Alpine Tulip: a probable 
Survivor of the Great Ice Age—Meadow Saffron—Bog 
Asphodel—Scottish Asphodel—Herb-Paris mimicks Carrion 
and deludes Flies 
XXVIII. RUSHES AND REEDS 
Degenerate Lilics—Plants that have ‘‘ come down in the 
World”—Wood Rush Wind-fertilised—Rushes—Bulrush— 
Sedges—Cuckoo-Pint—Systematic Deception—False Pre- 
tences followed by Illegal Detention—From Tavern to 
Tavern—Sweet Flag 
XXIX. GRASSES 
Structure and Characteristics of Grasses—The Great Reed 
—The Marraw or Sea Reed—Onion Couch—Spikelets and 
Glumes—Grasses all Wind-fertilised—Feathery Stigmas . 
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