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sycamores, and maples have been unusually full of 

 fruit, their dried bracts and seeds will be found 

 lying thickly strewn over the lawn. 



The winged part of the sycamore fruit (botanically 



SYCAMOFE FRUIT. 



called samara] has in many cases become a delicate 

 piece of lace-work, the action of rain and wind 

 having made it into a skeleton ; the heavy end is 

 entangled in the grass, and out of the seed-case a 



MAPLE FRUIT. 



young rootlet is finding its way into the ground. 

 Later on, I shall be able to find and record the 

 unfolding cotyledon leaves, which are curiously rolled 

 up within the seed-case. 



