Music of the Wild 



ated. These complex parts in the hearts of flowers 

 are their sex organism, and the honey they distil 

 is the bribe offered bees and butterflies to con- 

 summate conception for them. Nature is very 

 frank, and these marvels are spread closely over 

 her face for any one who cares to learn. I think 

 those who really understand and appreciate these 

 delicate processes among the flowers never again 

 doubt that there is a Supreme Being. The Cre- 

 ator said, "And a bow shall be set in the cloud; 

 and I will look upon it, that I may remember the 

 everlasting covenant between God and every liv- 

 ing creature of all flesh that is upon the earth." 

 So He evolved the rainbow. On the painted lily 

 faces the botanists of early Greece saw repro- 

 duced these wonderful colors, and so they named 

 the plant "1/tW the rainbow. 



Because the sky is blue, eternal, and never- 

 changing, men have adopted this color to express 

 True Blue friendship, which also should be eternal and never- 

 changing. True blue is dear to all hearts and con- 

 veys an express meaning; so again these wonder- 

 ful flowers are baptized with truth. And as if no 

 honor might be lacking, to the blue is added "flag." 

 Never was other flower more highly honored in its 

 naming. Sometimes beautiful plants and vines are 

 insulted by scientists applying to them careless, 

 contradictory, and incongruous terms. Here is 

 one embarrassed by riches both in its scientific and 

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