THE WAY OF A SEED 



and precisely devised for its object as this dispersal of seed ; 

 and the more closely 

 you peer, the more neat 

 the process seems. The 



balloons are the most 2-^^^sH^fc^j^ 

 obvious, not the most 

 ingenious. Every gar- 

 dener, even the children 

 in a garden, notices 

 some of the common 

 devices which are as 

 good as toys. To touch 

 balsam seed, the balsam 

 known as Noli me tan- 

 gere, is an irresistible 

 garden amusement. It 

 is difficult not to be 

 startled, so sudden and 

 forceful is the ejection 

 of the seed. It will fly 

 several yards of its own 

 force, but the compli- 

 cated spring which 

 throws it out is so 

 sensitive that the trig- 

 ger, so to say, is very 

 often pulled by any 

 passing animal, which 

 as likely as not will be 

 struck with the seed and 



carry it any distance. CLEMATIS HANGING FROM THE FIRS 



Even cottagers whose 



garden dimensions are of the breadth of one window, have 



