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On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.

Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

A bee with legs perches on the edge of a petal poised to pollinate the centre of a purple flower; an AIDS awareness initiative advertisement about by Ribe and Vjle Counties Health, Denmark. Colour lithograph by Jens Bach Andersen, 1992.

The fertilisation of flowers / by Hermann Müller ; translated and edited by D'Arcy W. Thompson ; with a preface by Charles Darwin.

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Pollination by insects

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Coltsfoot flower and leaf (Tussilago farfara) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.

The fertilisation of flowers / by Hermann Müller ; translated and edited by D'Arcy W. Thompson ; with a preface by Charles Darwin.

On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects : and on the good effects of intercrossing / by Charles Darwin.

A bee with legs perches on the edge of a petal poised to pollinate the centre of a purple flower; an AIDS awareness initiative advertisement about by Ribe and Vjle Counties Health, Denmark. Colour lithograph by Jens Bach Andersen, 1992.