QUEER FRUITS FROM THE BEE'S BASKET 



with spherical ends is blown by myriads from the blos- 

 soms of the pine, as is also the funny pepper-box far 

 above, though you need not expect to find either of 

 them in our bee's basket, for the wind always takes care 

 of these. Above this is seen a grain from the garlic 

 flower, and the spirally grooved sphere of the musk 

 flower is shown beyond. The prickly form which is 

 shown at the left is the tiny explosive bomb from the 

 big melon blossom, blowing off one of its caps and dis- 

 charging its powdery contents; the smooth -banded 

 prickly specimen at the 

 centre is a similar prod- 

 uct of another of the 

 melon tribe the com- 

 mon wild star cucum- 

 ber, whose clambering 

 vine screens many a 

 fence by country lane 

 or roadside. Between 

 these melon tokens we 

 see the pretty many- 

 sided box which is turn- 

 ed out by the thousands 



from every blossom of the blue chicory, while the square 

 chest near by is the form of package preferred by the 

 basella flower. The clover, the daisy, the thistle, the 

 golden -rod, dandelion, hollyhock, phlox, trailing arbu- 

 tus, nasturtium, have still other forms; and, indeed, 

 each separate flower is true to some precious whim in 

 the shape of its pollen, and among them will be found 

 an endless variety of forms with all manner of exterior 

 decoration bands, checks, spots, reticulations, grooves, 

 punctures, and other sculptured devices. 



