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tlon. It is Nature's handmaid and most invaluable 

 servant. 



Just for one example of the marvellous way in 

 which provision is made for this law of plant-life to 

 be carried out, I may point you to the flower of the 



Bees and Orchis. 



orchis, where the pistil is so situated that the only 

 way in which the pollen can get to it is by its being 

 carried on the bee's head. 



The bee goes to the flower, and, while it is busy 



