CHAPTER XVI. 



BEES AS FERTILISERS, FLORISTS, AND FRUIT- 

 PRODUCERS. 



Method of Study — Tropseolum majus — Anthers : 

 Movements of — • Colour Streaks on Petals : their 

 Uses — Delphinium — Scrophularia nodosa — Water 

 Ejected by Bees — Epilobium angust folium — Kalmia 

 latifolia — Poisonous Honey — The Retreat of the 

 Ten Thousand — Heather — Erica tetralix — Calluna 

 — Erica Unedo — Berberis — Dimorphisin — Primula 

 veris — L in u m gra ndiforu m — Trimorph ism — Ly thrum 

 sahcaria — Order Composite — Cineraria — Flowers 

 Sleeping — Papilionaceous Blossoms — Clovers — 

 Effects of Netting — Lamium album — Salvia offici- 

 nalis — Fertilisation of Orchis mascula — Bees as 

 Florists — Conjugation the Door of Progress — 

 Bees as Fruit-producers — Apples, Raspberries, 

 Blackberries, Strawberries — Hints on Culture — 

 Conclusion. 

 We are now in a position to examine the modifications 

 in form and arrangement of the several parts of flowers, 

 in order to grasp their meaning in relation to fertilisa- 

 tion by insect agency. Since some of the most 

 beautiful aspects of this highly poetical page of the 



