Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 31
derall around its small seeds, which makes themquite conspicuous as they hang on the branch-lets before the leaves have come out. small, brown seed. The seeds that ripen inheads on the clematis, after the handsome purpleflower-leaves have fallen, have long featheredtails, like slender bird-plumes,… … Num-bers ofplants haveabout the seedsdelicate hairs orbristles that take the place of wings. A dan-delion clock, or a head of thistle-down, isa bunch of seeds, each with a circle of finebristles on the summit. When the seeds are ripe,along comes a breeze, and puff! away go theseeds, hanging from…
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