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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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that they can im-prove upon the methods of their elders;and some of the descendants of the origi-nal flower that we speak of, being placedin somewhat different circumstances, didaway with the advertising poster of thepetals. It was far from being an unquali-fied success, and they were ultimately com-pelled to take to advertising again. Hav-ing, however, lost the whorl of petals, theycould not afford to modify another andso diminish the store of pollen. Neithercould they recover it again, for Nature hasa way of punishing repudiation of her gifts,by never reproducing those that have beencast away. These plants, therefore, tookto modifying the sepals, and produced col-ored flowers with one whorl of organs de-ficient. They even went so far as tosecrete honey at the base of the changedsepals. The marsh marigold continued toshow the color of its ancestor, but theanemone, catering to the taste of some in-sect that preferred white to yellow, changedthe color of its poster to white. The water
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^ • I .. .■ ^fe-*-.«,tV>-«,s:t^!:r^t.?( iColumbines, in the majesty of their scarlet robes i58 The Outing Magazine crowfoot, which is a ranunculus, pure andsimple, seems to have tried to do the samething, but with imperfect success, for atthe base of the petal there is still a largeblotch of the original color. When oncethe spirit of variation has taken hold of aflower, it appears as if it permeated thevery vitals, for some species can scarcelykeep from varying without provocation.Anemones are an instance of this, for someanemones in Europe are found of the mostbrilliant reds and blues. Visitors to Nice,on the Mediterranean, will remember whata show of colors the anemones afford inearly spring in that delicious climate, andif we introduce the flowers into the bedsof our gardens, we are never sure whatranges and varieties of blossoms mayappear. There is quite a subtle gradation in thetastes of insects. The common herd, suchas flies and the like, are content with whiteand yello

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