WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON
Reading edition
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1898 Copyright, 1897, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved.
Transcriber note: Page 132 has wide margins to accommodate the illustration.
CONTENTS
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A Familiar Guest3
The Cuckoos and the Outwitted Cow-bird23
Door-step Neighbors57
A Queer Little Family on the Bittersweet87
The Welcomes of the Flowers105
A Honey-dew Picnic151
A Few Native Orchids and Their Insect Sponsors171
The Milkweed227
Index239
LIST OF DESIGNS
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William Hamilton GibsonFrontispiece
Initial. The Studio Door3
The Rose-bush Episode9
A Corner of My Table12
An Animated Brush14
A Specimen in Three Stages16
The Studio Table18
Initial23
The European Cuckoo24
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo26
Browsing Kine29
A Greedy Foster-child34
The Yellow Warbler44
A Blighted Home46
The Normal Nest of the Yellow Warbler47
The Yellow Warbler at Home49
A Suspicious Nest of the Yellow Warbler50
The Nest Separated52
Initial57
The Door-step Arena, with its Pitfalls60
Fishing for Tigers65
Tiger-beetle68
The Spider Victim70
Filling the Spider's Grave71
Black Digger-wasp73
Black Digger-wasp and His Victim, Showing the Egg of the Wasp Attached75
Protecting the Burrow while Searching for Prey79
The "Cow-spit" Mystery Disclosed81
The Tiger's Head, from the Victim's Stand-point84
Initial. Branch of the Bittersweet87
A Bittersweet Covey90
Flushing the Game92
Specimen Twig94
Building Froth-tent100
Butterflies and Flowers105
A Row of Stamens106
The Parts of a Flower109
Historical Series, Showing the Progress of Discovery of Flower Fertilization110
The Garden Sage120
Cross-fertilization of the Sage121
Elastic Stamens. Anthers Inserted in their Pockets124
Elastic Stamens of Mountain-laurel125
Andromeda Ligustrina127
Fertilisation of Andromeda128
The Laurel130
Cross-fertilization of the Blue-flag131
Blue-flag132
Pogonia and Devil's-bit133
Devil's-bit134
Horse-balm. Collinsonia135
Cross-fertilization of the Horse-balm—Flowers in Various Stages, and in the Order of their Visitation by the Bee136
The Cone-flower137
Cone-flower, Showing Numerous Florets, Some in Pollen, Others in Stigmatic Stage139
Cross-fertilization of Cone-flower140
The Fertilization of the English Arum, 1st Stage141
The Fertilization of the English Arum. 2d, 3d, 4th, and 5th Stages142
Pogonia145
Cross-fertilization146
A Pine Branch151
Initial151
The Picnic159
Tail-piece167
Habenaria Orbiculata171
Arethusa Bulbosa177
The Botanical Distribution of an Ordinary Flower and of the Orchid182
The "Column" in Various Orchids183
The Result of the Bee's Visit184
Cross-fertilization of Arethusa188
Habenaria Orbiculata. A Single Flower Enlarged190
Orchis Spectabilis191
Cross-fertilization of H. Orbiculata (Sphinx-moth)193
The Flower and Column of Orchis Spectabilis, Enlarged195
Orchis Spectabilis195
Position of Pollen of Orchis Spectabilis Withdrawn on Pencil197
The Cross-fertilization of Orchis Spectabilis197
The Purple-fringed Orchid199
The Ragged Orchid (Front Section)200
The Ragged Orchid (Profile Section)202
The Ragged Orchid (H. Lacera) and the Butterfly's Tongue. Cross-fertilization203
The Yellow Orchid (H. Flava)204
The Ragged Orchid (H. Lacera)205
Cypripedium Acaule207
Moccasin-flower (C. Acaule)208
The Bee Imprisoned in the Lips of Cypripedium210
Moccasin-flower. Bee Sipping Nectar211
The Bee Passing Beneath the Stigma213
A Bee Receiving Pollen-plaster on His Thorax214
Rattlesnake-Plantain—the Young and the Old215
Cross-fertilization of the Rattlesnake-Plantain. Side Sections216
Cross-fertilisation of the Rattlesnake-Plantain. Front View217
The Tongue of a Bumblebee218
Goodyera, or Periamium Pubescens221
Milkweed Captives231
The Pollen Masses and the Fissure232
The Tragedy of the Bees235
A Moth Caught by the Tongue in Dogbane237