My Studio Neighbors

Mint family, 122. Mnio-tiltidae, summer yellow-bird, 47. Moccasin-flower (Cypripedium acaule), 205. Moths: --Twilight; sphinx, 118, 190, 220; grape-vine, 160. Mountain laurel: --Showers of pollen of; curious construction of flower of; withers if brought indoors, 124; character of the pollen, 125. Mouse, motley collection of food of; mischief of, 7. Mueller, Hermann: --On the divination of flowers, 108; on defective observation, 114; the relations between the flower and insect, 116; on fertilization, 142 Nature's Equilibrium, 39. Natural observation, 57. Nomadic blossoms, 83. Orchids: --Dependence on insects, 144; strange mechanical adaptation; sweet-pogonia; perfume suggesting raspberries, 145; intention of the blossom, 146; adaptation for insects, 147; its fragrance a perfumed whisper of welcome, 148; a contrast, 172; form of invitation, 173; insect complement, 174; Arethusa bulbosa, 175; theories concerning the conveyance of the pollen, 176; the most highly specialized form of flowers, 180; distinguished by its structure; American varieties not air-plants; form of flower, 181; elasticity of the pollen of the Spectabilis, 182; self-fertilizing, 183; American and exotic species, 184; Arethusa's fragrance, 185; its structure, 186; significant depth of nectar wells; conditions demanded of insects, 187; Gray's surmise, 188; sphinx-moth its only complement, 190; manner of carrying the pollen by sphinx-moth, 193; extracting the pollen with a pencil; length of the nectary, 196; purple-fringed, 198; ragged, 200; very exceptional provision, 201; yellow-spiked, 203; moccasin-flower; ladies'-slipper; Venus's-slipper; the color of, 205; distinctive character of, 206; practical experiment, 209; imprisonment of the bee; manner of its release, 210; rattlesnake-plantain, 213; Angraecum, its long nectary, 219; tongue of a sphinx-moth eleven inches long, 220; nectary thirteen inches long, 223.