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have for their main object the fertilization of each flower by the pollen of 

 another flower." ' Adaptations '—many of them truly exquisite— and ' con- 

 trivances,' tliey may well be termed, being obviously as evincive of design as 



^„ ..^.... Whoever shall first study 



peculiar to this country, may hope to 



hat IS now known upon this curious subject Moreover. 



Ophnjdm, or the proper Orchis tribe, with whi 

 , which are easy of observation, and yield to none in 



We have, indeed, only one true Orchis t( 

 species ; and this, the pretty Orchis' spedab 

 out the northern part of the country, will b 

 ^•^^.in print Next spring, Mr. Darwin's graphic ^^f ""71'?^' theXml of 

 »hich the pollen of one flower of O. mascula is made to fertilize Uie stigmaof 

 ^^nother flower, may be verified m all essential Particulars upon our own 

 Pecies. The structure of the blossom being ""^^^f «° V[. L'^Sn Seach 



T posterior border of the entrance into the long, nectar-bearing tuoe "^ j-pur, 

 ^''^'^h- Troths, butterflies, bees, or other '"««<^^X''lScrorTshI peLed 



- tie nectar; how a bristle, -pre«-Ung th^^ P^^^^^^^^ ,e- 



-'•^senting the head of an insect, mserteo unu '^ J" ' ■ -intjnous 



= -he pouch, come into contact with the glands; when their glutinous 



