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[Illustration (signed) W Hamilton Gibson]
MY STUDIO NEIGHBORS
BY
WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON
ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
[Illustration]
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER &BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1898
Copyright, 1897, by HARPER &BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
[Illustration: CONTENTS]
[Illustration: LIST OF DESIGNS]
Page
William Hamilton GibsonFrontispiece
Initial. The Studio Door 3
The Rose-bush Episode 9
A Corner of My Table 12
An Animated Brush 14
A Specimen in Three Stages 16
The Studio Table 18
Initial 23
The European Cuckoo 24
The Yellow-billed Cuckoo 26
Browsing Kine 29
A Greedy Foster-child 34
The Yellow Warbler 44
A Blighted Home 46
The Normal Nest of the Yellow Warbler 47
The Yellow Warbler at Home 49
A Suspicious Nest of the Yellow Warbler 50
The Nest Separated 52
Initial 57
The Door-step Arena, with its Pitfalls 60
Fishing for Tigers 65
Tiger-beetle 68
The Spider Victim 70
Filling the Spider's Grave 71
Black Digger-wasp 73
Black Digger-wasp and His Victim, Showing the Egg of the
Wasp Attached 75
Protecting the Burrow while Searching for Prey 79
The "Cow-spit" Mystery Disclosed 81
The Tiger's Head, from the Victim's Stand-point 84
Initial. Branch of the Bittersweet 87
A Bittersweet Covey 90
Flushing the Game 92
Specimen Twig 94
Building Froth-tent 100
Butterflies and Flowers 105
A Row of Stamens 106
The Parts of a Flower 109
Historical Series, Showing the Progress of Discovery of
Flower Fertilization 110
The Garden Sage 120
Cross-fertilization of the Sage 121
Elastic Stamens. Anthers Inserted in their Pockets 124
Elastic Stamens of Mountain-laurel 125
Andromeda Ligustrina 127
Fertilisation of Andromeda 128
The Laurel 130
Cross-fertilization of the Blue-flag 131
Blue-flag 132
Pogonia and Devil's-bit 133
Devil's-bit 134
Horse-balm. Collinsonia 135
Cross-fertilization of the Horse-balm-Flowers in Various
Stages, and in the Order of their Visitation by the Bee 136
The Cone-flower 137
Cone-flower, Showing Numerous Florets, Some in Pollen,
Others in Stigmatic Stage 139
Cross-fertilization of Cone-flower 140
The Fertilization of the English Arum, 1st Stage 141
The Fertilization of the English Arum. 2d, 3d, 4th,
and 5th Stages 142
Pogonia 145
Cross-fertilization 146
A Pine Branch 151
Initial 151
The Picnic 159
Tail-piece 167
Habenaria Orbiculata 171
Arethusa Bulbosa 177
The Botanical Distribution of an Ordinary Flower and of
the Orchid 182
The "Column" in Various Orchids 183
The Result of the Bee's Visit 184
Cross-fertilization of Arethusa 188
Habenaria Orbiculata. A Single Flower Enlarged 190
Orchis Spectabilis 191
Cross-fertilization of H. Orbiculata (Sphinx-moth) 193
The Flower and Column of Orchis Spectabilis, Enlarged 195
Orchis Spectabilis 195
Position of Pollen of Orchis Spectabilis Withdrawn on Pencil 197
The Cross-fertilization of Orchis Spectabilis 197
The Purple-fringed Orchid 199
The Ragged Orchid (Front Section) 200
