132 



THE GARDEN OF EARTH 



VI — Seed-Scattering 



A ^ew words must come in here about another part of 

 the matter; and that is — the way in which seeds are 

 scattered about and carried from place to place. 



It is easy to see that if the plant — any plant — had 



Nut 



Case vyitK Dinille parti tian 



Box 



Mead of cJM frutis 



WmgecL 



CoTie 



Fruit with. Core 



Cutopea 



Stone [ruit^ cut" open. 



R^lpN Wirii 3ur^ce seed' 



VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 



to manage this work alone and unaided, failure might 

 commonly result. The seed, on becoming ripe, would 

 just fall from the flowers to the ground, close at hand. 

 How could they do otherwise ? Then, when the young 

 plants grew, they would crowd round about the old plant, 

 and would soon choke one another to death. 



