DISPERSION. 



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The balsams, which a few years ago were great 

 favourites in country districts, and ornamented every 

 cottager's window, scatter their seeds to a great 



Fig. 53. — Balsam {Iinpatiens). 



distance by the violent rupture of the fruits, in 

 allusion to which circumstance they have been called 

 " Touch-me-not." 



