MILKWEED 



CHAPTER IX 



SEED SOWING 



UR wild flowers have 

 grown, bloomed, and 

 made their seeds; but 

 their work is not yet fin- 

 ished, and we have not 

 yet done with the mys- 

 teries of their lives. 

 In writing of seed-making, 

 we have shown that the strug- 

 gle for a living, and the at- 

 tracting of insect visitors, is 

 a serious and strenuous busi- 

 ness; but when seeds are ripe 

 to be sown it seems that a 

 leisure time has arrived, when 

 our plants may indulge in vari- 

 ous sports, much like the recrea- 



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