ACCORDING TO SEASON 



Butterflies 



The spell 

 of names 



Monarch 

 or milk- 

 weed 

 butterfly 



petal-like lobes of the calyx having fallen and the 

 pistil being inconspicuous. 



The brilliant coloring which is a feature of this 

 midsummer meadow is intensified by the insect 

 life which it sustains. Butterflies, especially, seem 

 to abound. They float over the nodding grasses 

 or poise quivering above a nectar-laden blossom 

 or rest on some leafy plant, the dull undersides of 

 their folded wings blending with their surround- 

 ings and diminishing the likelihood of attacks 

 from their enemies. 



Not only is a butterfly endowed with unusual 

 beauty, but its life-history is full of charm. Then, 

 too, the very names of butterflies (unlike those of 

 birds and plants, of many of which " Wilson's 

 thrush" and "Clayton's fern " form fair samples) 

 breathe romance. Who would not yield to the 

 spell of the Wanderer, the Brown Elfin, the Lit- 

 tle Wood Satyr, and the Dreamy Dusky-wing? 

 Or who could resist the charm of the Painted 

 Lady, the Silver-spotted Hesperid, the Tawny 

 Emperor, or the Red Admiral ? 



In the meadow, perhaps, the monarch or milk- 

 weed butterfly is one of the most omnipresent. 

 Indeed, this is probably the best-known butterfly 

 in the United States, as its broad, orange-red, 

 black-bordered wings carry it many hundreds of 

 miles and make it conspicuous everywhere. 



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