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“Nature appears not to have intended that any flower should be fertilized by its own pollen.”

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Christian Konrad Sprengel was a German author and natural scientist, born on September 22, 1750, and died on April 7, 1816. He is known for his contributions to the field of entomology, particularly for his in-depth research on insects. more

“The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr. H. Newman, who has long attended to the habits of humble-bees, ... says "Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute to the number of cats that destroy the mice." Hence it is quite credible that the presence of a feline animal in large numbers in a district might determine, through the intervention first of mice and then of bees, the frequency of certain flowers in that district!”

“The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background.”

Shows Nature Flower Photograph Backgrounds Butterfly Typical Conservation Dinosaurs Bulldozers

Author:Joel Sartore

“Who, of men, can tell That flowers would bloom, or that green fruit would swell To melting pulp, that fish would have bright mail, The earth its dower of river, wood, and vale, The meadows runnels, runnels pebble-stones, The seed its harvest, or the lute its tones, Tones ravishment, or ravishment its sweet, If human souls did never kiss and greet?”

Ifs Men Humans Soul Earth Science Sweet Flower Kissing Rivers Stones Green Fruit Fishes Woods Seeds Tone Mail Harvest Human Soul Melting Meadows Pebbles Pulp

Author:John Keats

“As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent are words in the presence of such perfection.”

Thinking Trying Hands Realizing Poor Beauty Flower Creatures Perfection

Book:An Island Garden

Source: An Island Garden

“There is not the least flower but seems to hold up its head, and to look pleasantly, in the secret sense of the goodness of its Heavenly Maker.”

Looks Seems Secret Flower Goodness Heavenly Makers

Book:Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions

Source: Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions

“When we look deeply into the heart of a flower, we see clouds, sunshine, minerals, time, the earth, and everything else in the cosmos in it. Without clouds there could be no rain, and without rain there would be no flower.”

Looks Heart Would Be Earth Flower Rain Clouds Cosmos Sunshine Minerals

Book:Living Buddha, Living Christ

Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ

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