178 THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS 
attract their lovers; in the cunning which they show 
in imprisoning a bee if he should arrive before the 
pollen grains are ready to be sifted on his back, 
and of holding him, sometimes for days at a time, 
until he can go forth laden with the pollen that is 
to adhere to a pistil and so find its way to the ovary 
and perform the great miracle that results in seeds; 
in the many similar tricks which they use to entice 
and to hold; all working together towards that one 
great aim of plant life—reproduction, 
