Wild Flowers as They Grow 



remarks Lord Avebury, " it is almost impossible to 

 find the seeds when once thrown. I therefore 

 brought some into the house, and placed them on 

 my billiard table. They were thrown from one 

 end completely beyond the other, in some cases 

 more than twenty feet." Among both plants and 

 animals we occasionally find individuals of apparently 

 simple and mild character who are roused to violence 

 when it appears that the welfare of their offspring 

 is in any way at stake, and our friend Herb Robert 

 must be classed among these. Its method proves 

 successful too, for it is one of our very commonest 

 wild flowers. 



There are no fewer than twelve native British 

 species, five being perennial with larger flowers, 

 and seven (among which we count our present 

 subject) annual with smaller flowers. 



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