CONTEXTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Flowers and Humanity 1 



II. The Discovery of the Secret of Flowers ... 8 



III. Flowers Pollinated by the Wind 20 



IV. Bees as Builders of Flowers 47 



V. Bumblebee-Flowers 70 



VI. The Gathering of the Nectar 89 



VII. Bees Which Visit Only One Kind of Flower . lOo 



VIII. Butterfly-Flowers 125 



IX. Nocturnal or Hawk-Moth Flowers 139 



X. Fly-Flowers 160 



XL Beetles and Flowers 178 



XII. Pollen -Flowers 193 v 



XIII. Is CONSPICUOUSNESS AN ADVANTAGE TO FLOWERS ? . 203 



XIV. The Colors of North American Flowers . . . 221 



XV. Bees and Fruit-Growing 201 



Index 279 



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