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which could scarcely be expected from his 

 habits and local predilections. They will long 

 follow a boat in which any musical instrument 

 is played, and even a tune simply whistled has 

 attractions for them. 



SELF-MOVING SEED. 



A very remarkable seed is the Centauretr 

 crupina, the stems of which are about three 

 feet high. One or two seeds are usually ripen- 

 ed in a flower, crowned with a black down, so 

 stiff as to make the seeds creep, when held in 

 the hand, from whence originated the name 

 Crupina, from a Dutch word, " to creep." 

 If one of these seeds is put between the stock- 

 ing and the foot, it will, in a short time, travel 

 over the whole body, and creep out at the 

 sleeve or neck-band. 



REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF THE WATER- 

 LILY. 



The Water-Lily, be the pond deep or shallow, 



V in which it grows, pushes up its flower-stems, 



till they reach the open air, that the " ferina 



