204 Field, Forest, and Wayside Flowers 
The honeysuckles blow just at the time of year 
when these moths are most numerous, and they 
offer a rich feast to their chosen guests, for the 
freshly-opened flowers are filled to the middle of 
their slender tubes with nectar. 
The pollen-grains of the honeysuckles are rounded, 
somewhat sticky, and are covered with small, sharp 
points (Fig. 55). They adhere to the hairy 
Fic. 55.—Pollen of the honeysuckle. (Magnified.) 
bodies of the night-moths, and thus are carried to 
the pistils of other flowers. 
On warm, calm evenings the honeysuckles’ visi- 
tors are so numerous that by morning all the 
flowers have had their pollen entirely removed. 
But after cold and windy nights the anthers stilf 
retain much of their golden store. 
This will be carried away in daylight hours by 
butterflies or humming-birds. 
The white day or Japan lily (Funkia japonica) 
(Fig. 56) opens about sundown, giving forth an 
alluring sweetness. I have never seen a winged 
insect accept this seductive invitation, but as the 
