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and trees, making the lanes very lovely. In the fall 
this climber is almost as pretty as in summer, for its 
fruit clusters (Fig. 53) are - | 
made of such long-tailed Wey Se GY 
seeds as you see in Fig. eye Hee 
54. When these open, and 
float away with the first 
light wind, you can see 
how well their little sails 
are fitted to catch the 
breeze. 
In October and Novem- 
ber nearly every roadside 
is lined with clusters such 
as you see in the next pic- 
ture, except that the picture 
FIG. 55 
cannot five their soft, 
velvety look. These are the fruit 
clusters of the golden-rod (Fig. 
55), made up of quantities of 
silky-tailed seeds such as you see 
above (Fig. 56). 
And this is the fruit cluster of 
the aster (Fig. 57). Each little 
puffball is composed of many 
aster seeds (Fig. 58). 
The pasture thistle is almost 
as beautiful in fruit as in flower. 
Fic. 57 Fic. 58 
It swells up into a great silvery 
cushion, which finally vanishes in a cloud of floating 
thistle down. 
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