HERBACEOUS PLANTS WITH 

 CONSPICUOUS FRUITS 



A goodly number of herbs follow the example 

 of trees and shrubs, pack their seeds in pulp, 

 provide them with an attractive cover and so 

 do all that Is possible to lure the wings that 

 shall bear them away from home. Red is a 

 color seen from afar, hence it is not surprising 

 that many fruits are red. There are other 

 fruit colors, blues and purples, blacks and 

 whites, but the red stands out showy and 

 striking. 



The following list is by no means complete 

 but it includes many of those plants one ordi- 

 narily sees in autumn walks. 



VARIED REDS 



Disporum, Disporum. — One of the early flowering 

 plants, so inconspicuous as to be almost unknown, 

 produces single or in pairs, at the ends of branches, 

 oblong, pointed berries of brilliant red. 



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