...name "John go-to - Bed - at - Noon." Farmer boys in some parts are said to regulate their dinner hour by it. Other flowers, on the contrary, open in the...evening. Now, it is obvious that flowers which are fertih'zed by uight-flying insects would derive no advantage from being open by day ; on the othcr...

...suggested that the so-called " sleep " of flowers has reference to the habits of insects, on the ground that flowers which are fertilized by night-flying insects would derive no advantage from being open in the day ; while, on the other hand, those which are fertilized by bees would gain nothing by being...

...name, " John go to bed at noon." Farmers' boys in some parts are said to regulate their dinner time by it. Other flowers, on the contrary, open in the evening. Now it is obvious that flowers which are fertilised by night-flying insects would derive no advantage from being open by day ; and on the other...

...name, "John go to bed at noon." Farmers' boys in some parts are said to regulate their dinner time by it. Other flowers, on the contrary, open in the evening. Now it is obvious that flowers which a fertilised by night-flying insects would deri no advantage from being open by day ; a: on the other...

...name, "John go to bed at noon." Farmer's boys in some parts are said to regulate their dinner time by it. Other flowers, on the contrary, open in the evening. Now it is obvious that flowers which are fertilised by night-flviiiir insects would derive no advantage from lx-inir open by day; and on the...

...suggested that the socalled "sleep " of flowers had reference to the habits of insects, on the ground that flowers which are fertilized by night-flying insects would derive no advantage by being open in the day; while, on the other hand, those which are fertilized by bees would gain nothing...