29G INDIRECT BENEFITS DERIVED FROM INSECTS. 



servation was long since made with respect to bees by our 



countryman Dobbs a . 



Thus we see that the flowers which we vainly think 



are 



" born to blush unseen, 



And waste their fragrance on the desert air," 



though unvisited by the lord of the creation, who boasts 

 that they were made for him, have nevertheless myriads 

 of insect visitants and admirers, which, though they pilfer 

 their sweets, contribute to their fertility. 



I am, &c. 

 1 PML Trans, xlvi. 536. 



