218 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. 



marvel. Half a dozen yards distant I could not tell 

 whether the golden-yellow flowers were those of Pin- 

 guicula luiea or Ilelianthemum carolinianum. 



Butterflies visited the flowers indiscriminately, and, 

 as they could be of no use to the plant — not being able 

 to come in contact with the stamens — it was not nec- 

 essary for them to discriminate. But every time the 

 bee passed in and out of the throat, it unavoidably 

 rubbed against the stamens, and carried with it some 

 of the pollen, to be left on the stigma of the next 

 flower visited. 



In my excursions in the low pine barrens not far 

 from the St. John's I came upon a large area of ama- 

 ryllis in full bloom. As far as the eye could reach, 

 these beautiful white lilies were thickly scattered among 

 the grass. I saw the leaves were much more narrow 

 and thicker than those of A. atamasco. 



I sent the plant to the Botanic Garden at Harvard, 

 where it was pronounced a new species, and named by 

 Professor Watson Zejphyranthes treaties. The florists 

 advertise it in the Century and other periodicals under 

 the name of Amaryllis treatiw. 



The domestic animals of Florida cannot fail to arrest 

 the attention of the most careless observer. The hogs — 

 a lank, black race — have developed an enormous length 

 of snout, with which they turn up the soil in search of 

 tubers and roots equal to a plough. Many of these 

 hogs are running wild in the forest. Their ears have 

 become erect, and they have long tusks, resembling the 



