THE CATCII-FLT. 



iSUnie priithi'iK. 



'"LENES nre not .UMli.'nted to 

 Silenus^ as the name miglit 

 sn^'i^ost, although a eynical 

 deilieation might be secured 

 ill that (lireetioii. The generic 

 iiaiiie I'l'frrs to their sticki- 

 ness, For they (hi not entrap 

 Hies ill llicwayof the drosera 

 and dioncca,, but by tlie more 

 vnlgar way of dauliing tliem- 

 selves \vith invisilile treacle. 

 We liave a lotoF them in the 

 British flora.j and one of the 

 nnmlier, the white campion 

 [Hilciie iiijliif(i), may lie seen 

 in ston\' counties g'vown as a 

 hay cro]);a purpose also served 

 by its near relative the 

 ragged robin or enokoo flower [S. J/c-t-ciicn//), whieli may 

 not infrequently be seen filling enclosed fields with its 

 lovely flowers, and constituting the sole herliage for a crop 

 of hay. The common red catch-fly (6'. ariin'rhi) , the moss 

 campion (-S'. ticaiilix) , the German catch-fly {8. rixriiria), a.nd 

 the white catch-flv (-V. rt'sjieiii ini), are the l)cst of the 



