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The Fairy-Land of Science
·
Arabella B. Buckley
198
The
garden
nasturtium,
into
whose
blossom
we
saw
the
humble-bee
poling
his
head,
takes
still
more
care
of
its
pollen-dust.
It
hides
its
honey
down
at
the
end
of
its
long
spur,
and
only
sends
out
one
stamen
at
a
time
instead
of
five
like
the
geranium;
and
then,
when
all
the
stamens
have
had
their
turn,
the
sticky
knob
comes
out
last
for
pollen
from
another
flower.
All
this
you
may
see
for
yourselves
if
you
find
geraniums*
in
the
hedges,
and
nasturtiums
in
you
garden.
But
even
if
you
have
not
these,
you
may
learn
the
history
of
another
flower
quite
as
curious,
and
which
you
can
find
in
any
field
or
lane
even
near
London.
The
common
dead-nettle
(Fig.
59)
takes
a
great
deal
of
trouble
in
order
that
the
bee
may
carry
off
its
pollen.
When
you
have
found
one
of
these
plants,
take
a
flower
from
the
ring
all
round
the
stalk
and
tear
it
gently
open,
so
that
you
can
see
down
its
throat.
There,
just
at
the
very
bottom,
you
will
find
a
thick
fringe
of
hairs,
and
you
will
guess
at
once
that
these
are
to
protect
a
drop
of
honey
below.
Little
insects
which
would
creep
into
the
flower
and
rob
it
of
its
honey
without
touching
the
anthers
of
the
stamens
cannot
get
past
these
hairs,
and
so
the
drop
is
kept
till
the
bee
comes
to
fetch
it.
(*The
scarlet
and
other
bright
geraniums
of
our
flower-gardens
are
not
true
geraniums,
but
pelargoniums.
You
may,
however,
watch
all
these
peculiarities
in
them
if
you
cannot
procure
the
true
wild
geranium.)
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