These examples indicate what a degree of perfection 

 have been bestowed upon such appliances. I am aware, 

 gentlemen, that I have dealt with this subject in a very 

 imperfect manner. The dispersal of plants is a subject upon 

 which volumes might be, and perhaps have been written, and 

 it is one of ever present interest to the student of Nature, 

 and one which can be studied in relation to every tree, shrub, 

 or plant of whatever kind, whether large or small. It is a 

 subject, too, so nearly connected with the most vital interests 

 of the plant, that it must produce lessons in its life history 

 and development from which much can be learnt which 

 otherwise is hidden. 



I trust that in bringing before you this subject I may 

 have introduced, to some at least of my hearers, a subject 

 with which they were not entirely familiar. 



