| Show THEY TAKE WINGS OF THE MORNING And Fly Fir to the Iho t of the Le Ie Show Sho v That Weeds 11 Fly loat I 81 Sall Ste i And AmI Settle 1 here A study ot of seeds I ds yields yield s results ot of surprising Interest and com conos eye Ing lessons lesIons The main object In the tho theu life lite e ot of the t plant appears to bo bl thu I r u oC at seeds Heeds end and tide this again Is l a p part art or of a larger object which to Is the tho ot of the tho To Ia accomplish these results the tho seeds must bo be cent since with most plants ani only 1 a few tew can grow In any one place Nature has hns adopted many peculiar pecullar and beautiful devices for tor securing this object Su So nu memos are these thele or Ape chit forms of at adaptation that only the most common of at the Iho local examples can be mentioned Weeds I I are great travelers Nature Is deter deter determined mined that the they shall not fie t perish fie rho 3 are her makeshift John Burroughs declares de declares clares to cover her nakedness The Tho soil soU I is III their storehouse thoy lie Ile awaiting II a chance chanco to t and grow But Dut they are veritable tramps they ny fly swim steal II a ride go by by byways ways ss nys and cross cro s lots Consider the tho following b boes cs SEEDS WITH Among our local species that bear blar n a parachute I or o r have 1110 e seed nt at Ire are the following well known kinds The Tho horb dandelion groundsel sll and ome flome of oC the tho or mint species The accompanying illustrations will a Ill supply the lack of at more mora detailed II 11 SLEDS WITH WOOL The following are local species or of the ment number or of seeds that are enveloped In III wooL woof or In woolly hairs and so ny fly on the wind the tho pop popI I Inv willow w o fie anemone an and same Borne or of the gra lIes These are well known and easily collectible Ill III SEEDS HAIRY TAILS Among hose that n ripening develop mug IonIC hairy or tails that nl aid them In ht taking their Might through the tho fir our local kinds kind the tho geum u a silvery meadow plant with leaves some Home somewhat what resembling tho those e or of the thc straw strawberry berry bern tlc tho wild climbing or virgins hotter bower of f the canyons be skies Its bushy h C or of orthe the higher valleys and the beautiful climber that is IK also cultivated rc fC ver cr also some oma of the grasses The clematis Is well mown and Its hairy form turm the beautiful virgins bower or of the second one named here huo huon n IV FRUITS IN ENVELOPES Many Inn seeds are Arc enclose t 1 la In dry bruets or floral transformed In Into Into to light loose looe or sometimes inflated envelop Of at those wro have hlo IL a clover the plant called la In g ors and several grasses All 11 1 the seeds arc closed d In mostly or wrinkled a and nd are culled The They mostly swIm or 11 lyt v r SEEDS CREEP Certain seeds are nrc developed with ties tiel nil all pointing In one direction a circumstance which causes them to tomo mo t o forward w h het n t dIsturbed or Of these we hove hwe a 1 thistle and n witch grass A clover stel which gene KrollS In fi some Mille parts of at the tho country has ha olio this peculiarity VI SEEDS THAT FI FLOAT MT or Beds that Mont travel by Wo a o hao 1 n number Many of the I r s a seeds Reeds resembling boats bonts and swim with ease calle for 01 long distances so L also o do the seeds of our various docks and neuter plantains The following ru rushes hes nn and saga tarla found h hero rl littler being t I common are examples We e have hao two water willer III Mlles s In our high lakes while and yellow respectively The or of water lilies are said to have hao tWo coats with n la layer er ot of air between enabling them thell to In float long distances after the manner ot of lire life preservers These the writer has not net collected l FRUITS THAT ROLL nOIL All the smaller round fruits anti and Iton stones l roll along the ground down clown I the tho hills otc etc This list lasted Includes e s I our fruits and all many others PINTS nOLL In n some c cases the tho whole plant is hi isaIan tad to t along the ground It Its II seeds IS as It goes gocs c chave have the tho the he corn loon or and now alto aho and most unfortunately the Rus Itus Russian sian thistle WITH WINOS Many ron of the tho common have winged marchl that assist their flight In times of at 1 a strong br breeze me rho soe seeds s sur ur of our dues and lire fire II fly with n a Inra ra birch motion In the win The Iho birch the maple the many ot of our or plants or of the parsnip family some of oC the tho locks the hop I tin tree which has hal 1 a seed with a t twisted propeller the I ad the these theM have eeds s variously winged anti adapted to at travel on the wind As 11 these species are aro well 1111 known a le II eerily mantle malo and n Is ot of great Interest XI SEES CLING There Is no In making 1 a col coln or of tho those seeds that stick to ones OMS clothing or to 10 the tar fur ot of animal Our most common are aro the which is III a wild brunching not the cocklebur the tho bur Jur the burdock some om of at the sedges sede and man many or of the thc seeds I I of 01 the XU XIi SEEDS BY Y ANIMALS 81 carried by are or of many hinds i 1 Those floating on ponds that clinging to 10 trill the teel gal and feathers or of water birds bird those smaller stone fruits amen by ravens and Jack laws a 3 tOI fruits oaten tn b by the thus robin and raven and then I n In III entail masses ot of stones t 4 seeds oaten hut but not ditto owl rI tI th Tf II seeds of ar fleshy fruits like the rasp raspberry berry bern XII SEEDS ny BY ANIMALS ANI ANIMALS MALS MALSan Many an or of the tho burrowing animals hl hide o nuts and other seeds In their burrows and some ot of thorn thom aro left to 10 grow rho ants store food for wrier winter In ht this say lay nn and carry cany many seeds but eat ent away only onh the tho or scar of ar the seed Which later germinates Many fruits are sticky like the tho heads ot of our Rum gum plant and sunflower nut Dut many kinds show v SI special for tor adhering to nn I Inre mals while other plants Ia are sticky nil over oer either elthor with sum gum or with tarbet barbe l hairs and Ill so cling cIli 6 ta t o fur tur or feathers Ot Of CI r 8 our large lare beautiful desert with n II fine white and yellow ellow flower opening In sunshine Is n remarkable tyro of stickiness B duo tl to hooked hairs SIO SIGNIFICANCE CE OF TIlE THE FACTS It is a singular fart that till most or at these contrivances are Aro now known to confer some other benefit to the plant In n to securing the he t dissemination tion ot of Its seed Thy oft often protect the tho fruit from being devoured or from the tho cold or bent hent or from insect ene enemies 1 II mies often otton the fruits Are scattered atter for tur the a advantage ot of the animals that teed feed on them Sometimes these thel devices I serve to tho th s seed to the lOti for tor the purpose ot of Most ot of the flowering plants exhibit for tor t two TO methods ot of seed peed IUS dis por for near n ear and one for dill dl tant distribution even though the lat hat latter hatter ter may not n Ce take place thus burs burg may fall to the ground and roll a 11 short distance or the they may at attach tach themselves to animals and travel II a long way At the state normal the student tak Ak InK 81 special 1111 methods In nature study made collections of seeds or of the wild weeds placing them In mall camel bottles or fixing them with upon tar large cards They The were Vir very especially as I related to 10 the bird that eat ent them r |
