A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE 



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the flowers, for all their beauty, is just equally to 

 catch the eye and secure the visits of the fertilis- 

 ing insects. 



No. 5 shows how all this is managed. At the 



NO. 6. GROUP OF FLOWERS IN DIFFERENT STAGES PROTRUDING 

 THROUGH THE ICE-SHEET. 



very same time that the soldanella raises its timid 

 flowers, the bees and flies a little lower down the 

 mountain sides are just escaping from their cocoons 

 as full-fledged winged insects. It is for their sakes 

 alone that the pensive blossoms tint themselves in 



