THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS. New Naturalist No. 54.

(1973) 1979 reprint. 8vo (151 x 222mm). Pp418. B/w photograph plates and illustrations, maps, bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt.

"The role of insects in pollinating flowers is today a commonplace - so that it is easy to forget that its discovery is little older than the steam engine". And, of course, vitally important for our own continued existence. Chapters include: Historical introduction; The flower in the life of the plant; Insect-pollinated flowers - I; The insect visitors - I: Coleoptera,Diptera, Lepidoptera and some others, senses and behaviour of these insects; The insect visitors - II: Hymenoptera; Insect-pollinated flowers - II; The British wild orchids; Pollination by wind and water; Self-pollination and apomixis; Pollination in some exotic plants; Pollination in plant-breeding and commerce; The evolution and ecology of pollination.