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Show Now It's Its ' All AU Right Rightto to \ Mow l\fow l fow Your DandelionsANN Dandelions DandelionsANN ANN ARBOR , MICHDan MICRDan MICPI MICH MICR -Dan- Dan - Dandehons Dandelions Dan Dandelions - delions dehons have almost ceased from fromtroubling fromtroubling troubhng troubling lawn anxious house house- houseI householders householders - I holders ; but Prof . . Carl D . LaRue La- La LaI La-Rue La Rue - I TIue Rue of the Unlvcr<y Unlvcrlty Unlver<y Unlverlty Unlverslty & of lIchlgan Michigan MichiganIs lIchlganIe Ie is : ; orrellngfor oITciine orrellng- orrellng offering - for future reference referencethe , the re results u1ts of ' Ills his stuilv stud study ) of ' seed be behavlor beBaylor behavlor havlor Baylor In the hea heads s of ' dandelionsmowed d'lndelfons dlndelfons dandelions d'lndelfonsmm dindellonsmowed ' mm\ mm mmed mowed \ ed before btfore the seed seeds " ! \ were 're re ( ' ripelIe ripeHe ripe ripelie lie He undertook undertoot . his Investigation be beC'1uce because becinse C'1uce C1uce cause ' ; he had iccclved lecelved received manv many Inqulnes inquiries Inquiriesas Inqulnesas as to whether dandelion lImllellon : he'lll helll hcids heads ' < ; cut cutbv cutby cutbv bv by the hvnmoer livvnmovv hvnmo\\ hvnmo liwnmoss , \ \ er would woutd go on and andripen andripen andripen ripen " seeds "cede cede ; th'lt thlt that ( hit ' would woutd sprout hter liter liter.lie literlie . lIe IIe cut off a Iirge hrge large number of the theheadc theheads theheads headc heads ; at various vnrlouc ; stages staJes ! ; of ' develop devetop- devetop develop- devetopment development development - - ment nnd and let them 11 lip lie ( ' on moist moss mossuntil mossuntil mossuntil until they liad had fully dried Tlicn Then he hee heeenrnined heexamined e eenrnined amlne an and phce pliced placed the seeds un undc.r under undcr dc.r dcr der . conditions conllilion & for germination germinationHe germInationlIe He lIe foun found tt tint th'lt thlt it ' In ' nil 111 all heiils he'lds helds heads ' cut eut at at'lny atmy atiny 'lny lny my ' stage before the \ white hlte down ( ' ' pappus ' ' to botanists ) began to tosho toshow toshow sho\\ sho show shoabove \ above the closed cloced : ; green sheath sheathafter sheathafter sheathafter after the petals hid h'1d h1d ' willed wilted , , the theseeds theseeds theseeds seeds looked toohed quite unpromisingand unpromising unpromising- - and andthat andthat andthat that their germination performance performancedid did not belle belie their looks They al1 all al1failed allfailed allfailed failed to E > sprout prout ; In fact , after ten tendays tendays tendays days they had hat ! all a11 deca decayedProfessor decayed decayedProfcsAor ) ed edProrc Prorc Profcs-Aor Profcs Aor Professor - or LaRue LaTIue concludes : " "Ap Ap "Apparently " . . parently then , until the white of ot the thedandelion thedandelion thedandelion dandelion pappus begins to extent extend extendbeyond extendhevond ! beond beyond ) the green Involucre Invohicre tips tlp'l tlpl ' , the theheads theheads theheads heads may be cut and ant ! allowed aJlo\.ed aJlo.ed aJlo .ed ed \ . to todry todry todry dry on the lawn without any dang danger dangerof r rof of ' spreading sprcadmg the seed " Sttid sl.cd slcd . " . |
