arrow-headed 

 spears, which, 

 when once anchor- 

 ed, reach deeper and deep- 

 er with every movement, 

 and embed themselves closely into 

 whatever fabric they take a fancy to. 



They are the "beggar-lice" of the botany, 

 and hang in a pretty row upon the graceful par- 

 ent blossom stem, following a spray of tiny pale- 

 blue blossoms. 



Another burr with a similar trick of multiplication is 

 shown at the left below, splitting in half like two spring- 

 backed turtles with curved tails. This is the fruit of 

 the Saniclc Marilandica, a common plant in open wood's. 

 A very frequent offender is the twin seed of the cleav- 

 ers, or goose-grass, Galium, round and beset with slen- 

 der hooks; there are a number of species, and if you 

 occasionally chance upon a cluster of similar specimens 

 among them, only of a distinct pear shape beneath the 

 hooks, you may rest assured that you have visited the 

 haunts of the enchanters night-shade as well as the 

 cleavers. But the prettiest and most shapely of all the 

 burrs upon our coat-sleeve is the nodding urn of the 

 agrimony, its lower rim circled with a stiff array of 

 hooks, and whose slender spires of green fruit may be 



