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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
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Is
it
not
beautiful
to
think
that
the
bright
pleasant
colours
we
love
so
much
in
flowers,
are
not
only
ornamental,
but
that
they
are
useful
and
doing
their
part
in
keeping
up
healthy
life
in
our
world?
Neither
must
we
forget
what
sweet
scents
can
do.
Have
you
never
noticed
the
delicious
smell
which
comes
from
beds
of
mignonette,
thyme,
rosemary,
mint,
or
sweet
alyssum,
from
the
small
hidden
bunches
of
laurustinus
blossom,
or
from
the
tiny
flowers
of
the
privet?
These
plants
have
found
another
way
of
attracting
the
insects;
they
have
no
need
of
bright
colours,
for
their
scent
is
quite
as
true
and
certain
a
guide.
You
will
be
surprised
if
you
once
begin
to
count
them
up,
how
many
white
and
dull
or
dark-
looking
flowers
are
sweet-scented,
while
gaudy
flowers,
such
as
tulip,
foxglove
and
hollyhock,
have
little
or
no
scent.
And
then,
just
as
in
the
world
we
find
some
people
who
have
everything
to
attract
others
to
them,
beauty
and
gentleness,
cleverness,
kindliness,
and
loving
sympathy,
so
we
find
some
flowers,
like
the
beautiful
lily,
the
lovely
rose,
and
the
delicate
hyacinth,
which
have
colour
and
scent
and
graceful
shapes
all
combined.
But
we
are
not
yet
nearly
at
an
end
of
the
contrivances
of
flowers
to
secure
the
visits
of
insects.
Have
you
not
observed
that
different
flowers
open
and
close
at
different
times?
The
daisy
receives
its
name
day's
eye,
because
it
opens
at
sunrise
and
closes
at
sunset,
while
the
evening
primrose
(Aenothera
biennis)
and
the
night
campion
(Silene
noctiflora)
spread
out
their
flowers
just
as
the
daisy
is
going
to
bed.
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