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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 830

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 830 — LY cones and seeds the soil, at the same timethat it destroys the trees. Most conifer seeds are very small andlight, and have attached to them thin, mem-branous wings, for these seeds are intendedto be sown by the winds. Few of the little airplanes fly farther than three or fourhundred feet, though… … Photograph by courtesy of U. S. Forest Service CARRYING OUT PINE SEED FOR BROADCASTING if a seed germinates, the tender little seed-ling is only too likely to be choked by othermore swiftly growing plants, wither from toomuch sun and heat, or die from lack ofenough sunlight. The spruces and firs…

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