Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 563
A person who wasexperimenting with theseeds to see how farthey would shootplaced a bunch offruiting cranes-bill ona covered table in adry room. The table-cover was soon strewnwith seeds. Many ofthem shot a distanceof three feet, and sev-eral lay six feet andthree inches from the … SEED-PODS BECOME LIKEFAIRY CHANDELIERS. vase. It is an interestingfact to note that after the seeds are expelledthe dry elastic styles become limp on a dewymorning, and that they close and unclosewith the sun like tiny umbrellas, until thewind and the rain destroys them. This proves that the iS~…
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