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Andromeda's Whim 



^'^?^^^\ f ^^^^' ^'^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ considered 

 c^A fr'o if^'^ ^^^ ^^i"» exceptional example of the 

 //)\}^~^\ '' Heath family. Let us look at a 



/ '^C? '[;■/ more perfect type of the order 



J ' to which it belongs, the globular 



blossom of the Andromeda, A. Ugustrina. 



Only a short walk from my studio door in the 

 country I recently obseryed its singular reception 

 to the tiny black-and-white banded bee, which 

 seems to be its especial companion, none the less 

 constant and forgiving in spite of a hospitality 

 which, from the human standpoint, would certainly 

 seem rather discouraging. Fancy a morning call 

 upon your particular friend. You knock at the 



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