216 MYSTERIES OF THE FLOWERS 



one by one, over large areas, trusting to find them 

 again by the guidance of their instinct. But it is 

 certain that many nuts thus planted are forgotten 

 and are left to grow into stately trees. Apple-trees 

 are spread in a curious way. The squirrels gather 

 the apples and, carrying them up into various trees, 

 jam them into the forks of branches. I have thus 

 seen a maple-tree bearing a crop of wild apples, with 

 one apple snugly brooding in a deserted bird's 

 nest. The fruit will decay or dry, but what the 

 squirrels want are the seeds, and some of them they 

 accidentally let fall. 



TRAMP SEEDS 



Plants use still another scheme to induce beasts 

 and even men to carry and scatter their seeds. The 



TRAMP SEEDS 



burrs and ticks and all the annoying things which 

 cling to our clothes, or mat the hair of cattle and 



