Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 270
ll explain toyou presently. I knew this weed verywell in New Englandwhen I was a little girl.In July, it hangs out acluster of small purplebells, and later, afterthe blossoms have gone,very large seed-pods areformed, which grow to be several inches long, andare pointed at the end opposite the stem.… … as a spiders web, to float them on the wind formiles away, perhaps. You must have seen themmany a time. The silk radiates in every directionfrom the central seed, making a gauzy, filmysphere, with a small, dark center. The seedscluster about the opening of the pod, until thewind picks them out and…
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