DED UCTION. ANTICIPA TION. 1 5 9 



always, especially in early spring, visited 

 enough by insects, and therefore the little 

 imperfect self-fertilizing flowers are developed 

 to insure a sufficiency of seed for present genera- 

 tions. " This temporary theory is now generally 

 accepted as the true one. 1 



1 Life and Letters, Vol. II. p. 482. 



