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 



Forsythia, 232 



Foxglove, 56, 84 



Fraqaria virginica, 112 



Freidank, 226 



Fruit-growing, 261 et seq.; future of 

 American, 264 



Fruits, native American, 262-264; de- 

 pendence of, on insect-pollination, 4, 

 265 et seq.; insect visitors to, 264- 

 value of cross-pollination of, 276 



Fruit-trees, insects visiting, 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 



Geometridse, 140 



Georgia, gall-berry in, 115 



Geranium, wild, bee of, 110; ?nacu- 

 lalum, 112 



Gerardia purpurea, 84 



Gibson, 177 



Gill-over-the-ground, 84 



Ginger, wild, 256 



Gladiolus, 84 



Glechoma hederacea, 84 



Globularia, 138 



Gnaphalium, 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 



Graenicher, 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- 

 wmd-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, 



Greenland, flower-color in, 237, 238 



Groundsel, 234 



Ground, bee, 108, 194; beetle, 188 



Guava, 264 

 Gymnosperms, 40 



Habenaria psychodes, 154 

 Hseckel, Ernst, 70 

 Halictoides novse-anglise, 105 

 Halictus, 122; nelumbonis, 108 

 "Handbook of Flower Pollination," 16 

 Hawk-moth flowers, 139 et seq ; char- 

 acteristics of , 150, 151; exotic, 154 

 Hawk-moths, 126, 131 140 et seq 

 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 <?47 

 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 

 Hcteranthera reniformis, 200 

 Heterocampa guttirilta, 115 

 Hibiscus mutabilis, 244 

 Hickory-nut tree, 24, 202 

 Hieracium aurantiacum, 134 

 Hilara 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 seq., 202, 212 *>64- 

 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 bv, 102- 

 tongue of, 86, 88 

 Honeysuckle, 194, 222; bush 84 V30 

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

 98, 232; moth-pollinated, 148, 15o' 

 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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