WILD PASTURES 



make no honey for themselves but lead 

 a vagabond life and lay their eggs in 

 other bees' nests, leaving their young to 

 grow up in unendowed orphan asylums. 



Many varieties of ants seek the milk- 

 weed blooms, and you shall find about a 

 large clump more sorts of wasps than 

 you would believe existed, yet it is the 

 butterflies who most of all make it their 

 rallying place. Every butterfly in the 

 whole region makes it his business to 

 know each large clump of milkweed, 

 and to make the rounds at least daily. 



There, if you watch, you may see 

 the pretty little pearl crescent, whose 

 range is from Labrador to Texas. The 

 shy meadow browns flit out from the 

 shadow of the brook alders and feed for 

 a moment before they take fright at the 

 fact that they are out in society and 

 flit desperately back again. The angle 

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