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scope ; and its use is very important ; for it ena- 

 bles the wind to carry the seeds to great distances 

 from the plant, and to sow them, as it were, in 

 situations which otherwise they might never have 

 reached. 



EDWARD. 



The down of the Coltsfoot is very soft, like cot- 

 ton. Is it ever made any use of? 



MOTHER. 



I have heard of its being used for making tinder. 

 The poor people in the Highlands of Scotland 

 stuff pillows with the down of several different 

 plants. 



The Orders, in the class Syngenesia, are founded 

 upon the uniformity or differences of the florets, 

 and on the manner in which the florets, when of 

 different kinds, are disposed in the compound 

 flower. They may be all of one kind ; or there 

 may be florets of one sort in the centre, and others 

 of a different structure in the circumference, or 

 border, of the flower. 



In the first order, called Polyga'mia equa'lis, all 

 the florets have both stamens and pistils; and every 

 floret has one seed. 



In the second order, Polyga'mia super'flua, the 

 florets of the centre have both stamens and pistils ; 

 but those of the border, pistils only : and all have 

 seeds. 



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