broader end was not well adapted for this purpose even in this case a
large proportion would probably have had their basal ends dirtied. We
may therefore infer improbable as is the inference that worms are able by
some means to judge which is the best end by which to draw triangles of
paper into their burrows.
The percentage results of the foregoing observations on the manner in
which worms draw various kinds of objects into the mouths of their
burrows may be abridged as follows:
Nature of Drawn into the Drawn in, by or Drawn in, by or
Object. burrows, by or near the near the base.
near the apex. middle.
Leaves of 80 11 9
various kinds
of the Lime, 79 17 4
basal margin of
blade broad,
apex acuminated
of a Laburnum, 63 10 27
basal part of
blade as narrow
as, or
sometimes
little narrower
than the apical
part
of the 34 ... 66
Rhododendron,
basal part of
blade often
narrower than
the apical part
of Pine-trees, ... ... 100
consisting of
two needles
arising from a
common base
Petioles of a 76 ... 24
Clematis,
42