href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@26158@[email protected]#sect27" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">27. How the lily sows its seeds
28. Large pods with small seeds to escape from small holes
29. Seeds kept dry by an umbrella growing over them
30. Shot off by wind or animal
31. Seed-like fruits moved about by twisting awns
32. Grains that bore into sheep or dogs or the sand
33. Winged fruits and seeds fall with a whirl
34. Plants which preserve a portion of their seeds for an emergency

CHAPTER VI.—PLANTS THAT SHOOT OFF THEIR SPORES OR SEEDS.

35. Dry pods twist as they split open and throw the seeds
36. A seed case that tears itself from its moorings

CHAPTER VII.—PLANTS THAT ARE CARRIED BY ANIMALS.

37. Squirrels leave nuts in queer places and plant some of them
38. Birds scatter nuts
39. Do birds digest all they eat?
40. Color, odor, and pleasant taste of fruits are advertisements
41. The meddlesome crow lends a hand
42. Ants distribute some kinds of seeds
43. Cattle carry away living plants and seeds
44. Water-fowl and muskrats carry seeds in mud
45. Why some seeds are sticky
46. Three devices of Virginia knotweed
47. Hooks rendered harmless till time of need
48. Diversity of devices in the rose family for seed sowing
49. Grouse, fox, and dog carry burs
50. Seeds enough and to spare

CHAPTER VIII.—MAN DISPERSES SEEDS AND PLANTS.

51. Burs stick to clothing
52. Man takes plants westward, though a few migrate eastward

CHAPTER IX.—SOME REASONS FOR PLANT MIGRATION.

53. Plants are not charitable beings
54. Plants migrate to improve their condition
55. Fruit grown in a new country is often fair
56. Much remains to be discovered


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SEED DISPERSAL.

CHAPTER I.
HOW ANIMALS GET ABOUT.

1. Most of the larger animals move about freely.—When danger threatens, the rabbit bounds away in long jumps, seeking protection in a hollow tree, a log, or a hole in the ground. When food becomes scarce, squirrels quickly shift to new regions. Coons, bears, skunks, and porcupines move from one neighborhood to another. When the thickets disappear and hunters abound, wild turkeys and partridges retreat on foot or by wing. When the leaves fall and the cold winds blow, wild geese leave the lakes in secluded northern homes, and with their families, reared during the summer, go south to spend the winter. Turtles swim from pond to pond or crawl from the water to the sand bank, where they lay and cover their eggs. Fishes swim up or down the creek with changing seasons, or seek deep or shallow water as their needs require. Beetles and