195

_Orchis Spectabilis_ 195

_Position of Pollen of Orchis Spectabilis Withdrawn on Pencil_ 197

_The Cross-fertilization of Orchis Spectabilis_ 197

_The Purple-fringed Orchid_ 199

_The Ragged Orchid (Front Section)_ 200

_The Ragged Orchid (Profile Section)_ 202

_The Ragged Orchid (H. Lacera) and the Butterfly's
Tongue. Cross-fertilization_ 203

_The Yellow Orchid (H. Flava)_ 204

_The Ragged Orchid (H. Lacera)_ 205

_Cypripedium Acaule_ 207

_Moccasin-flower (C. Acaule)_ 208

_The Bee Imprisoned in the Lips of Cypripedium_ 210

_Moccasin-flower. Bee Sipping Nectar_ 211

_The Bee Passing Beneath the Stigma_ 213

_A Bee Receiving Pollen-plaster on His Thorax_ 214

_Rattlesnake-Plantain--the Young and the Old_ 215

_Cross-fertilization of the Rattlesnake-Plantain.
Side Sections_ 216

_Cross-fertilisation of the Rattlesnake-Plantain. Front View_ 217

_The Tongue of a Bumblebee_ 218

_Goodyera, or Periamium Pubescens_ 221

_Milkweed Captives_ 231

_The Pollen Masses and the Fissure_ 232

_The Tragedy of the Bees_ 235

_A Moth Caught by the Tongue in Dogbane_ 237

_A FAMILIAR GUEST_

[Illustration]

Solitude! Where under trees and sky shall you find it? The more solitary
the recluse and the more confirmed and grounded his seclusion, the wider
and more familiar becomes the circle of his social environment, until at
length, like a very dryad of old, the birds build and sing in his
branches and the "wee wild beasties" nest in his pockets. If he fails to
be aware of the fact, more's the pity. His desolation is within, not
without, in spite of, not because of, his surroundings.

Here in my country studio--not a hermitage, 'tis true, but secluded
among trees, some distanc