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And in the last chapter you read that occasionally 
seeds were floated by water to distant shores. 
Now, these are the chief ways in which plants con- 
trive to dispose of their seeds; but they are not the 
only ways. Before leaving the subject altogether, I 
will mention a few plants which use other contrivances. 
This picture (Fig. 79) shows you the fruit of the 
poppy. Many of you know it well. In the fall 
you find in the garden these pretty seedboxes. 
They answer famously as pepper pots, if one 
chances to be playing house in the orchard. 
Just below the top of the poppy seedbox the 
picture shows you a circle of little openings; and 
inside the seedbox are many poppy seeds (Fig. 80). 
But how can seeds get out of these openings, 
FIG. 79 
do you suppose ? 
If they were lower down, it would be an easy matter 
for the seeds to drop out, right on the ground. But 
perhaps it is well that this cannot happen. Did such 
a quantity of seeds fall upon one small bit of 
earth, they would have a poor chance for life. 
Well, then, you ask, must they wait patiently in 
the seedbox till some child comes along and pulls 
it off for a pepper pot? 
No, they are not obliged to wait always for 
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you children. This is fortunate for the poppy 
plants that are so unlucky as to live in lonely gar- 
dens where no children ever play. 
Then what does happen? 
If you will go out into the garden the next windy 
fall day, you will see for yourselves. You will see the 
