Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 393
SEEDS OK GOAT s-BEAkI). derful freight—tiny seeds in which were packedliving germs of plants like those from which theyhad detached themselves when theyhad sailedawayon their wonderful voyages into the unknown. … WINGED FRUITS OF COULTKK S IINE. Such are the fruits of many common thistles,which are adorned with fluffy parachutes that insure them a long passagethrough the air when theconditions are favorable.Xovv, if these floating seed-bearers knock against anobstacle or become stranded,the fruit is at once…
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