The Riddle of the Bluets Guessed by Both 

 Bees and Butterflies 



The little Ouakcr-ladies of the 

 fields are by far the most inter- 

 esting of the Madder family, and 

 are also the best examples of 

 what are known as ''dimorphic" 

 "heterostyled," or two-formed 

 flowers that we have in our wild 

 garden. 



We all know these pretty, 

 dainty bluets, whose galaxy of 

 white or blue stars tints whole 

 meadows like a light snowfall. 

 Perhaps we may have chanced to 

 notice that the flowers are not all 

 constructed alike, but the proba- 

 bilities are that we have seen 

 them all our lives without dis- 

 covering this fact, obvious as it 

 is to the most casual observer. 



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