BEOAD BELL-FLOWEE. 



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^ELL-FLOWERS so a1)onnd lliat 

 it tries one's patience to hear 

 from the evolutionists tliat they 

 are iate creations, tlie produc- 

 tion (jf bhio flowers lieino- the 

 result of long-continued effort 

 on the part of Nature, whose 

 chief objects in these matters 

 appear to be to astonish man 

 and delight the honey-hees. As 

 the evolutionists profess to know 

 everything, it is dangerous to 

 dispute with them ; the safe way 

 appears to be to listen, to con- 

 sider, to submit their theories 

 to the test of observation and 

 letlection, and to wait patiently for a view of things that 

 may a]ipear'' compatible with reason. Blue ifowers came 

 late, they say, for blue is the most difficult colour for 

 Nature to produce. Some day, perhaps, they will tell us 

 what new flowers are now in process of jiroductiou; so 

 that our descendants ages hence may know what to 

 look for, and also to what kind of proof to subject the 

 theories now propounded. 



