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which indeed but few species have. As a 

 family they hang their heads, though not in 

 shame nor even in modesty. Their reason 

 is far more practical ; they do not want their 

 pollen wetted. So they hold their faces 

 away from the possibility of being rain- 

 washed. 



Plants that are to grow in the cropped 

 grass must be either very small or keep 

 their stems close to the ground, so that a 

 browsing animal may get nothing but 

 leaves, missing the short, hairy stalk, with 

 its many buds from which new leaves will 

 quickly spring. 



HOW THE VIOLET IS POLLINATED 



But the brightest piece of the violet's 

 intelligence can only be seen when you look 

 it full and fair in the face. It has put its 

 nectar deep in the spur that projects from 

 the back of the flower. The whole color 

 and structure of the violet help the bee to 

 find his way to that nectar. The general 

 blue color summons him, the yellow centre 

 tells him the neighborhood of the door-way, 



