These Nature Riddles — 



What plant 'Svears its heart on its sleeve"? 



Wliat new food plant is descended from poisonous 



ancestors ? 

 What flower has the tobacco habit? 



Why do not plants cross in a state of nature so as to dis- 

 rupt the whole order of creation? 

 How did the peach get its fuzzy coat and why? 

 What may be regarded as the typical or perfect flower? 

 Why does the coconut have three eyes ? 

 Vrhat is the secret of the jumping bean? 

 Where do flowers get their colors? 



What flower advertises to the flies to act as its messengers 



of pollination? 

 A^Tiere and how did life start? 

 ^'^Tiat is the purest white in nature? 



From what plant was corn evolved, and how did it acquire 



its present qualities? 

 How may we account for the fact that bees and other 



insects have the same taste in color and perfumes that 



we human beings have? 

 How far can plant improvement go? 



How are new traits in plant life flxed and made permanent? 

 What was the first form of primitive living organism 



which appeared on this planet? 

 Why is it that every native plant growing on the desert 



is either bitter, poisonous^ or spiny? 

 vVhat plant eats and digests insects ? 



How can seeds store up the tendencies of their ancestry? 

 Why should you plant potato seeds instead of eyes to 

 develop new varieties? 



—Are Answered by Burbank in His Works and 

 Countless Others Just as Unusual and Interesting 



HO 



