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were cleared out. Many liguminous plants, and balsams, 

 castor oil, and others, send their seeds to long dista.nces, 

 as the seed vessels come to maturity and spring 

 open. The seed in the illustration is a type of 

 several of our Western grasses, which spring from 

 place to place, until a nice moist, rich spot is reached, 

 and there the seed locates and grows. But, all the time, 



Animal Absorbing Plants. [See Page 302]. 



it is telling a wonderful tale of the climate and rainfall of 

 the location it belongs to. Some seeds are so coated with 

 hard glass-like material that they may lie for months on 

 the surface of the ground exposed to fierce sun heat and 

 drying winds, and then, when rain comes, they spring 

 from place to place, till the required spot is reached for 

 their development into nourishing feed for stock. 



