Fl 



owers 



Some, like those London shops which are frequented by 

 peers and peasants, satisfy every sort of insect, from the 

 small fly to the hive-bee. There are small, cheap, 

 economically-produced, white and yellow flowers (such 

 as the crucifers) which do a small trade with ordinary 

 flies, beetles and the like, and whose clients might be 

 afraid of sucking honey beside bumble-bees and such- 

 like pretentious personalities, just as the small " general " 

 shops of unfashionable London (that is, less valuable 

 ground) are visited by poor customers. Then there are 

 also large complex flowers, rich crimson, like red clover 

 and Stachys silvatica, or with the deep blue of ajuga, 

 purple of aconite, gold yellow of broom and whin, which 

 only cater for insect-aristocrats. These flowers, like shops 

 in Bond Street or Regent Street, are expensive to make 

 and keep up, and would not be of any use to the general 

 public. There are also many '' specialists " which lay 

 themselves out for one special and particular visitor. 

 Figwort (Scrophularia) is a wasp-flower, and seldom used 

 except by wasps. Veronicas, with little blue blossoms 

 and two diverging stamens, are clearly intended for the 

 small glancing hoverflies which visit them conscien- 

 tiously, gathering the stamens under their legs and prob- 

 ing the tube for honey. Even such a very odd-looking 

 flower as the fumitory is specially intended for the 

 cabbage white butterfly. 



Perhaps the most interesting of all are the white 

 evening flowers with long tubes and strong scent, such 

 as evening campion and honeysuckle, which are fre- 

 quented by evening moths. The moth has an evening 

 habit, a long proboscis, and well-developed olfactory 

 lobes. The flower opens at dusk only, has a long 

 tube, and a strong fragrance which is only perceptible 

 at night. 



These two, the evening campion and the moth, have 



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