INDEX 



by, 201, 202; metamorphosed buds, 

 224; poetry on, 6, 7 



"Flowers of the Alps," 16 



Fly-flowers, 56, 161-177 



Forests, 24-28; evergreen, 38-46; 

 hardwood, 28 



Forget-me-not, 10, 223, 237, 250 



Forsmhia, 232 



Foxglove, 56, 84 



Fragaria virginica, 112 



Freidank, 226 



Fruit-growing, 261 et seg.; future of 

 American, 264 



Fruits, native American, 262-264; de- 

 pendence of, on insect-pollination, 4, 

 265 et seg.; insect visitors to, 264; 

 value of cross-poUination of, 276 



Fruit-trees, insects visitmg, 264 



Fuchsia, 224 



Funnel-formed flowers, 64 



Galeopsis Tetrahit, 56, 68 



Gall-berry, 115 



Gamopetalous flowers, colors of, 221, 

 260; blue color among, 253 



Gardenia, 154 



Gardner, 269, 275 



Gentians, 64, 182, 234; blue of, 254; 

 closed, 80, 82; fringed, 80, 82; moth- 

 pollinated varieties, 154 



Geometridae, 140 



Georgia, gall-berry in, 115 



Geranium, wild, bee of, 110; macu- 

 lalum, 112 



Gerardia purpurea, 84 



Gibson, 177 



Gill-over-the-ground, 84 



Ginger, wild. 256 



Gladiolus, 84 



Glechoma hederacea, 84 



Globularia, 138 



Gnaphaliuyn, 242 



Gnathium, 192 



Gnats, 18 



Goethe, 224 



Goldenrod, 90, 92, 116, 119, 121, 261; 

 bee visitors of, 110, 112; beetles on, 

 180, 182, 185, 188, 189; pollen and 

 nectar yield of, 120; species of, dis- 

 tinguished by honey-bees, 94, 95; 

 valuable honey-plant, 236 



Gooseberry, 228, 256; number of vari- 

 eties of, 263 



Gourd family, cross-pollination in, 272 



Gnenicher, 108, 120, 174 



Grapes, punctures in, 100, 102; num- 

 ber of varieties of, 263; self-sterile 

 varieties, 270, 271 



Grasses, 202, 223; opening of, 32, 36; 

 wind-pollination of, 30-36 



Gray, Asa, 13, 40, 92, 204, 238 



Green flowers, 214, 216, 221-228; color 

 pigments of, 224, 226, 228; insect- 

 pollinated, 227; large, 228; small, 

 227 



Greenland, flower-color in, 237, 238 



Groundsel, 234 



Ground, bee, 108, 194; beetle, 188 



Guava, 264 

 Gymnosperms, 40 



Ilabenaria psychodes, 154 



Ha-ckel, Ernst, 70 



Halictoides nnvce-angliae, 105 



Haliclus, 122; nclumbonis, 108 



"Handbook of Flower Pollination," 16 



Hawk-moth flowers, 139 el seg.; char- 

 acteristics of, 150, 151; exotic, 154 



Hawk-moths, 126, 131, 140 et seg.; 

 characteristics of, 146, 148; clear- 

 winged, 140, 148; value as polli- 

 nators, 146 



Hawk's-beard, 134 



Hawkweed, 134 



Hazelnut-trees, 24, 202 



Heart 's-ease, 116 



Heath, crimson, 132, 134, 234, 247 



Hedge-nettle, 56, 65 



Hedrick, 263 



Heeria, 200 



Helianthus, 121; annuus, 112 



Helichrysum bracteatum, 216 



Hellebore, false, 227 



Helleborus niger, 244 



Helophilus conostomus, 19 



Hemans, Felicia, 139 



Hemaris, 148 



Hemlock, water, 242 



Hemp, 36 



Hemp-nettle, 56, 68 



Henbane, black, 84 



Hepaticas, 194, 206, 224 



Hermaphrodite flowers, 262 



Heteranthera reniformis, 200 



Heterocampa guttivitta, 115 



Hibiscus 7nutabilis, 244 



Hickory-nut tree, 24, 202 



Hieracium aurantiacum, 134 



Hilar a atra, 108 



Hildebrand, 13, 252 



Hollyhocks, 236 



Honey, first of the season, 24; nectar 

 required for pound of, 89; produc- 

 tion possibilities of resources of 

 country, 115, 116 



Honey-bees, 23, 89 et seg., 202, 212, 264; 

 captured by spider, 104; choice of 

 conspicuous objects by, 216; color 

 distinguished by, 217, 218; no flowers 

 adapted to, 86; value of, in fruit- 

 culture, 275; nectar stolen by, 80, 98, 

 132; plant-tissues punctured by, 102; 

 tongue of, 86, 88 



Honeysuckle, 194, 222; bush, 84, 232, 

 237; climbing, 148, 150, 223; fly, 84, 

 98, 232; moth-pollinated, 148, 150, 

 223; punctures in, 98; trumpet, 76, 

 248; Tartarian, 84; varieties polli- 

 nated by queen bumblebee, 84 



Hops, 36 



Horehound, water, 96 



Horizontal flowers, 60-64 



Hornbeam, 24 



Horse-chestnut, 60, 84 



Horse-flies, 161 



Hover-flies, 160, 171-173, 212 



Huckleberries, 272; red flowers of, 247 



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