Which preposition to use with fertilisation

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Thusto give a single instanceno man can now be a first-rate botanist unless he be also no mean meteorologist, no mean geologist, andas Mr. Darwin has shown in his extraordinary discoveries about the fertilisation of plants by insectsno mean entomologist likewise.

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Well, it seems that there are lots of orchids known the flower of which cannot possibly be used for fertilisation in that way.

Which preposition to use with  fertilisation