Show most host young people are familiar with the ca nary bird flower or common canary creeper and here again we find that the unusual form ot of t the h e blossom la Is due to insect visits the blooms of 0 this group of plants seem especially designed to meet the needs ot of long tongued moths which ch seldom or never settle on the flower but hover in front ot of it lightly poised on their rapidly moving wings while in this position the tongue Is unrolled and thrust far back into the spur of the flower where the nectar Is stored meanwhile the head or body of 0 the moth comes I 1 nto into contact with the pistil or stamens and pollen Is 1 deposited or removed as the case may be A very curious plant which has been famous since ancient times Is the lamb otherwise known as the vegetable lamb or by the chinese as the golden haired dog it looks remarkably like an animal and in early days was popularly supposed to combine in some mysterious way the attributes of animal and plant the belief was that it sprang from a seed and turned on its root until it devoured all green food within reach whereupon it perished of starvation As a matter of fact it Is merely the root stock of a plant which densely covered with soft golden brown hairs suggests a likeness to a quadruped A strange plant found in new zealand Is known as the vegetable sheep because of its wool wooi like foliage in tact fact the vegetable kingdom offers an almost endless variety of curious imitations the seed pods of the common garden snapdragon look exactly like small human heads arranged on the stalks like poles of skulls such as are set up in certain countries where head hunting is a popular amusement these show not merely the head and face but dried zer r A CZ portions of 0 the scalp eyelids and lips theli their color Is like that of 0 mu minted heads the insect world Is full of 0 mimicry butterflies that imitate dead leaves are familiar and the same sama may be said of 0 the walking stick which bears so close a likeness to a twig that though common enough in the woods it Is rarely detected or captured the measuring worm assumes the attitude of 0 a twig and remains motionless tor for hours together moths to protect themselves against enemies mamic wasps and other insects adopt the aspect of the spider native tn in africa Is a remarkable insect a species of Sp algis the chrysalis of 0 which looks like the head of a chimpanzee even the hair and the pupils of the eyes are shown but more wonderful yet Is the chrysalis of a butterfly Feni which Is a likeness seemingly a mask of the roman king tarquin ln |