Hedgerow Life 
moths, and the insects are drinking 
their favourite beverage. The same 
sight may be seen round the beautiful 
white flowers of the bird-cherry. The 
bats know this fact in natural history, 
for they circle round the plants and 
hedges, and pick off the hapless moths 
as they feed. They will come quite 
close to your lantern, and you can see 
them do it. In the autumn the berries 
of the ivy have the same attraction for 
the autumn insects, and the bats again 
know where the ivy blooms, and also 
hover round the street lamps in search 
of moths attracted by the glaring light. 
The wild bees, too, know each flower 
in their season. The may, the wild 
rose, and the fox-glove with its tall 
spikes of red flowers, the big white con- 
volvulus with its clinging tendrils, the 
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