CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



forgotten. The drums of the male are interest- 

 ing, but not more so than the ovipositor of the 

 female with which she cuts slits in the bark of 

 the twigs in which to deposit eggs. When the 

 larvas hatch they make their way to the ground, 

 where they remain two years, sucking the juices 

 from the roots of plants with the long sucking 

 mouth-parts so plainly to be seen in the nymph 

 and adult. A near relative, Cicada septendecim, 

 retires to the earth for seventeen years and is 

 called the Seventeen- Year Locust. 



Papilio-polyxenes or Asterias — the Black 

 Swallow-Tail — is the beautiful butterfly found 

 flying among the flowers in search of nectar, giv- 

 ing in return for the feast of good things the 

 transfer of pollen from one flower to another, 

 and by this " cross-pollination," as it is called, 

 helping to produce a good crop of seeds. It de- 

 velops from the Fennel Caterpillar, which has 

 green and black tranyerse stripes and white dots. 

 To protect himself, when disturbed, this larva 

 protrudes two orange-colored horns, which give 

 out a disagreeable odor and defends him from 

 his enemies. 



Anosia plexippus — ^the Monarch Butterfly — 

 develops from another striped caterpillar that 

 feeds upon the milkweed. Its chrysalis is one 

 of the most beautiful in form — delicate light 

 green, with gold dots. The male butterfly has 



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