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tlie riowcrs, for all their beauty, is just equally to 

 catch the eve and secure the visits of the fertilis- 



inj4 insects. 



No. 5 slu)\vs how all this is nianaj^ed. At the 



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very same time that the soldanella raises its tinnd 

 flowers, the bees and flies a little lower down the 

 moimtain sides are just escapin,^ from their cocoons 

 as full-fledged winijed insects. It is for their sakes 

 alone that the pensive blossoms tint themselves in 



