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kVELLERS 



A great many plants are regarded as weeds 

 because they are so abundant and because 

 !lV^93lSl tbey spread so rapidly over the country. But 

 why is it that some plants are so prolific and 

 increase so rapidly while others are becoming 

 scarce and difficult to find? It is because the 

 "weeds" grow many seeds^ make sure of set- 

 ting them and then take pains to have them 

 properly distributed. 



Foreign immigrants almost with- 

 out exceptioUj they are natural born 

 travelers, — or perhaps tramps is the 

 better word. They come to our coun- 

 try by "steerage," by cattle ship, 

 tramp steamer, — any way to get here. Once 

 on our soil, though unbidden and not wanted, 

 they use all their energies in an endeavor to 

 travel from end to end of our land. 



By hook or by crook they are bound to accomplish their 

 purpose. Seeds are shot from guns, they travel by means 

 of two legs, some go by four, others go on wheels, many 

 go via parachutes and quantities go a-wing. Oh, they are 

 interesting little beggars, every one of them. They are so 

 very interesting that I have seen persons who cared ab- 

 solutely nothing about plants or botany, spend hours work- 

 ing over the seeds. 



