The Starry Campion

The Starry Campion, whose protruding stamens and fringed petals give it a certain fleasiness, are dainty enough for spring. But by midsummer we expect plants of rank or growth and more gaudy flowers. To save the nectar in each deep tube for the maws and butterflies, which cross-fertilize all this tribe of night and day blossoms, most of them spread their caluses with a sticky substance to entrap little crawling pilfers. Although a popular name for the genus is catchfly, it is usually the ant that has glued to the vis-kit parts. Let no one guilty of torturing flies to