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July 22 /73/ Bees seem to [illeg] from adjoining tree to tree: [Illeg] they visit stick to the same tree much more when it produces few than when it produces many flowers, we can see, that if 1 per cent are visited by insects coming direct from another tree, then if tree produces 100,000 flower many more will be properly crossed than if it produced only 1000 flowers. — & this perhaps profusion of flower explained; but injury from weather or pollen is another cause. —

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when we see a whole shrub of Rose on our orchard, like in [illeg] & [remember] how [comparatively] few fruit of these these will in autumn yield fruit in the autumn, we are inclined to accuse nature of wasteful expenditure, but we are probably taken drawn a very erroneous view conclusion.

Mistakes