CATTAILS. 
Cattails in bloom. 
Cattail seeds fly, 
too ! It is surprising 
to know that cattails 
blossom. But they do. 
In the early spring, 
cattails look green in- 
stead of brown, and 
the thickened green 
part near the top is 
made of very, very 
small flowers packed 
tightly together. 
The brown velvety ' 
part of the cattail 
succeeds the green 
flowers, and is but a 
collection of tiny seed 
pods that fluff out 
with tiny plumes in 
the autumn. 
There are two kinds 
of flowers in cattails, as there are in 
willows, only in the cattails the two 
