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by, in some instances from inability to get at it. 

 Thus, for this reason probably, they do not attempt 

 those of the trumpet honey-suckle, which, if separated 

 from the germen after they are open, will yield two 

 or three drops of the purest nectar ; so that, were 

 this shrub cultivated with that view, much honey in 

 its original state might be obtained from a small num- 

 ber of plants*.'* Were Huber's remarks correct, 

 this is the very flower which the humble-bees would 

 select to perforate. The humming-bird moth (Ma- 



Humming-bird moth (Macroglossa stellafnrum) ; and trumpet honey- 

 suckle {Caprifulium sempervirens), 



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