WATER TRANSPORTATION OF PLANTS. 
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bears fleshy buds half an inch long, which separate from 
the stems and take root in the mud near the parent plant, 
or often float to another spot. The buds on the stems of 
Cicuta bulbifera develop into small bulbs, which readily 
separate from the plant. They then float on the water 
and produce new plants. The tiger lily also produces 
bulblets, which scatter about and promptly take root. 
Every person of good understanding must have heard or 
read about seeds carried by ocean currents or transported 
by lake, pond, creek, or by muddy current, during, and 
after, a shower of rain ; in most of these the wind is also 
a prominent factor. Many seeds and fruits, in some 
cases parts, and even the whole, of plants seem to be 
purposely designed for this mode of travel, while an 
innumerable host of others occasionally make use of it, 
