_ June 1, 1908 5 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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‘than those produced by self-fert lization . 
and so the plant lays itself ont to that 
end. 
After a time every flower is fertilised, 
the stigmas begin to shrivel and dr., wt 
then the hungry insects, now almost on 
the point of starvation, get their reward, 
Yellow pollen begins to shower down 
upon them, for the male flowers are now 
arriving at maturity The pollen cannot 
influence the stigmas of the female 
flowers, for these have now lost their 
sensitive nature. So the hungry insects 
gorge themselves until they can hardly 
crawl, and consequently there they lie in 
heaps; but still the pollen continues to 
fall upon them, literally burying them 
amidst it. 
There comes a time of respite, however, 
later on, when the flies begin to feel that 
they have had about enough of it and to 
realise that_a little fresh air would be an 
excellent tonic. So, covered with pollen, - 
they ascend the central axis preparstory 
to leoving the bloom. The barrier bristles 
“now no ‘longer stop the way, for the 
plant has no further use for the little i 
insects’ company; the latter have done 
- their work and received their due pay- 
ment, therefore they. are now allowed 
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their liberty. So, on reaching the Bale 
club, the insect pushes off ‘into space. 
The air, toyether with its flight, refreshes. 
it wonderfnlly. so much so that probably 
before it has travelled many yards: it 
becomes faacinated by a most charming 
purple club stunding out fresh and cool 
against an enfolding pale green sheath. 
Thus it is enticed once more into another 
arum bloom, to be prisoner for a few 
days; and whils ete it.will have plenty 
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of time to clean up its pollen-laden 
limbs and rub the grains against the 
sticky stigmas of the tlowers within. So” 
the whole precess is once more repoated. 
After the midges have departed with 
their loads of pollen, no further insect 
visitors arrive. {n fact, the plant at once 
begins to take in the sign-post. Not even 
the most giddy of midge-flies would ever 
attempt to visit an arum at this stage. 
The purple club has shrivelled away and- § 
turned down right to the base of the 
group of male flowers, and likewise the 
‘hood that gave the club such prominence 
a'so now cuts a sorry figure. Indeed, at — 
was dead. “However, the leaves are still 
working to build up the central structure. 
By August the turn of the leaves to 
shiivel had arrived, for they had done — 
their work, and the memorial of that 
work was conspicuous enough. The 
shrivelled hood is seen still clinging ta 
the structure, but bursting from it 18 a 
cluster of plump green’ berries, which  —__ 
‘immedietely they become exposed to the 
light turn a bright searlet color. And so 
the hood falls away and exposes the 
berries which stand on their stout stem 
_lcoking a most conspicuous patch of brfl- 
