Note 1537 — LETTER XLIX.
Reading edition
This insect does not, I believe, eat the petals of the rose, but laps the nectar it produces. I have seen it employed upon wounded trees lapping the sap.
Reading edition
This insect does not, I believe, eat the petals of the rose, but laps the nectar it produces. I have seen it employed upon wounded trees lapping the sap.