SEEDS TRANSPORTED BY WIND. 
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lodge the seeds, but just see how they behave in a good 
gale ! The elastic stems are swayed back and forth 
against each other, and some of the upper seeds are 
tossed out by the wind that passes through the lattice, 
and at such times are often carried to some distance. 
The seeds at the top having escaped, the dry pods split 
down farther and still farther and open still wider, till 
the bottom is reached. As the seeds are not all carried 
away the first or even the second time, and as succeeding 
breezes may come from different directions, it is thus 
possible for the lily to scatter its seeds in all directions. 
The seeds of the lily are flat, very thin, and 
rather light, not designed to be shot out like 
bullets, but to he. carried a little way by the 
wind ; the pods are erect, and open at the top, 
that the seeds need not escape when there is 
no wind or unless some animal gives the stem 
a strong shake. The latticework was made 
for a purpose, and the gradual opening of the 
pods prevents the supply from all going in 
one direction or in one day, for a better day 
may arrive. The student will look for and 
compare the following : Iris, fig wort, wild podof poppy on 
jit v -.an erect, stiff 
yam, catalpa, trumpet-creeper, centauria, mul- ste m, ready for 
leins, foxglove, heardtongue, and many other to'sL^ouH! 
frUltS. few seeds at 
the top. 
28 . Large pods with small seeds to escape 
from small holes. — The large ripe pod of the poppy stands 
