BALLOONING SEEDS 



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 

 Composites, the very children of 

 the breeze. The thistle is 

 a familiar example. 



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A long chapter might \^ 

 be written on the pecu- 



*\ - liarities and habits of winged 



t -' 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 



