Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
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Carrion Flower, Lucilia Carnesina
The sessile-floured wake-robin, Trillium cecile has no great attraction for insects. Carrion flies have a practical monopoly of the pollen food which no doubt tastes as it smells. A degraded flower like this has little need of color and perfume,. Yet it may be even now slowly perfecting its way toward an ideal of which we see a part only complete.
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