THE DANDELION 



the lawn mower, the dande- 

 lions went to seed profusely. 

 At fir^t, we cut off many of 

 the flower -heads, but a 

 the season advanced 

 they seemed to escape 

 us. They bent their 

 stems upon the ground 

 and raised their heads gg 

 as high as possible and ^J!!! 



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yet not fall victims J5^| 

 to the machine ; and ^ 

 presently they shot 

 up their long soft 

 stems and scattered 

 their tiny balloons to 

 the wind, and when the 

 lawn-mower passed, 

 they were either ripe 

 or too high to be 

 caught by the machine. 

 89. This seed has 

 behaved strangely in 

 the meantime. The 

 fringe of pappus (as 

 the bristle -like calyx 

 is called) is 'raised 

 above the seed by 



FIG. 67. 

 The dandelion 



