el 
tall poppy plants swaying to and fro with every gust 
of wind; and you will see how the seedboxes are 
tossed from side to side, and that every now and then 
a very violent toss sends the little seeds tumbling head 
over heels out of the little openings just as effectively 
as if the wind too were playing house and using them 
as pepper pots. 
When the seeds are let loose in this way, the tall 
poppy plants are swayed so far to one side, and the 
wind is blowing so hard, that they land upon the 
ground much farther from home than would have been 
the case had they fallen through openings cut in the 
lower part of the seedbox. 
In the East grows a strange plant called the “rose 
@eelericho.” ~ Its fruit isa pod. :- When this: plant 4s 
nearly ready to get rid of its seeds, what do you think 
it does? It lets go its hold upon the earth, curls itself 
up into a little ball, and is driven here and there by 
the wind. When it finds a nice damp place, it stops 
and uncurls itself; and the little pods 
split open, and drop their seeds on 
the earth. 
Some plants bear fruits that look 
very much like insects. It is believed 
that sometimes these are taken for 
such, and snapped up by birds, and 
thus succeed in getting away from 
home. 
This picture (Fig. 81) shows you 
a pod which, as it lies upon the ground, looks like a 
centiped. 
