BALLOONING SEEDS 



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it meets in its travels, some of which are 

 even more beautiful in design. 



Every cobweb will show us a few of 

 them, and I have seen a single autumn 





gossamer that offered an assort- 

 ment of eight distinct forms, 

 mostly from the great order of 

 Composite, the very children of 

 the breeze. The thistle is N 



a familiar example. <?f*j 



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A long chapter might u . 4 

 be written on the pecu- 

 liarities and habits of winged 

 seeds, the evident intention 

 expressed in their special designs 

 / both in their wings and bodies, and 

 \ their significance to the botanist, but 

 I shall have served my present pur- 

 pose if I awaken the interest of the reader 

 by briefly calling attention to a few of 



