PERFECT FLOWERS 



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lona), known by the familiar name of meadow 

 fritillary — probabh^ because their tawny wings are 

 spotted with deeper brown, much as are the fritil- 

 lary flowers. 



Virginia Lungwort — Mertensia virginica 



In the Virginia lungwort the stamens are spread 

 as far from the pistil as the tubular shape of the 

 flower will permit. 



Forget-me-not — Myosotis palustris 



The stamens in this friendly little flower grow 

 against the walls of the flower tube, being sus- 

 pended from the ring, or connected at the junction 

 of tubes and petals. When a bee visits the flower 

 he rubs one side of his tongue against the stigma 

 and the other side against an anther 

 — a very neat little scheme which 

 works all the more surely because 

 the bee makes but one thrust into 

 the flower. 



We have given suflicient exam- 

 ples of flowers shedding pollen as 

 far as they can from the stigma, and 

 now we will examine some which 



FORGET-ME-NOT 



