The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects and cultural life of the

and cultural life of the Sukhothai period (modified from the rear cover)

”  Part 24 was published in 1921

This is Bulletin of the United States National Museum

the white cockatoo and the emu

third edition with 42 hand-colored plates and British Wild Flowers (1859)

The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects and cultural life of thePp. xvi, 300; 38 woodcuts in text. Publishers original forest green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind along the outer borders of the front and rear covers, 8vo. This is Darwins primary work on plant fertilization. Darwin was keenly interested in the morphology of orchids and how these structures enticed insects to fertilize them. This is Freeman 814; there are only eight John Murray entries in Freeman for Fertilisation of