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XIX Takin Cre of IA Seeds.
8 the end, the culmination, of
Z-A all the effort! of tUe season is
L 1 ' preparing the aeeda 'to take
root and grow in some chosen
home, the aeeda must be fitted for not
only what they hare to endure in all
the changes of temperature and ex
posure, but must be so prepared that
these severe variations will harm them
aa little- u possible and will indeed be
bf benefit to the embryo wrapred with
in the covering. Moreover, the seeds
must be sown In as favorable a spot
as the mother plant can contrive to
have them reach. ' . .
To accomplish this we have seen how
the witch haiel cradles hers In the pod
through the first winter of Immaturity
and forcibly expels them at the begin
ning; of the second, so thai they may
lie under the dead leaves and sink Into
the softening soil until they, too, are
In a condition to take root .The violet
also employs the same device, bnt that
Common Dandelion. '
Is only one way of expelling the seeds
from their resting places. There la a
. great variety of methods employed by
: different families. ',,
- For instance, there is our common
dandelion, which affords a striking and
familiar example of a favorite method.
Why does It have that light, airy puff
ball? Pick one up and blow it, as the
children do, to see what time It Is.
Wbool The light particles float away,
and we can see that each has at one
end a fnzx ptar which carrie it along.
A thin, gray filament or stem attaches
the fuzs star to a brown seed at the
other end. This Is the way the dande
- lion floats its seeds when ripe away-on
. the breeze by means of the down, so
that each time we. blow one we are
helping It to sow Its crop for the next
year. When the little pieces do , not
whiff away readily, it is because they
- are not sufficiently jnatured and loos
ened from their holdings.
' The same plan is used by many In
the composite and other families. The
wild lettuce, the hawkweed and the
asters have variations of it ..which,
however, are not quite so delicately
and perfectly planned as that of the
, dandelion. "
- The thistles and the milkweed fancj
that style also. These are the light
bits of down caught on the hedges and
lingering weed stalks In the late fall
and early winter which the children
call "willy wisps" and catch and blow
into the air, saying, "Go, willy wisp,
and bring me a quarter!" If they sink,
the quarter is .not, to be forthcoming;
and if they are carried for a distance
the quarter may come soon. These
are the puffs attached to the seeds of
the.thisUe or the milkweed, as the
case may be. The down of the thistle
Is much the finer and lighter of the
two as it sifts out from between the
disintegrating prickly, scales of the
pod. The pod cf the milkweed splits up
the entire length, showing the seeds
arranged along a central part Piece
ty piece they work out and Cy away.
In December, when they may be seen
to advantage still going through this
proce 3, tLe pods have caught a beauti
ful kkade of silvery gray from the
frost cf the new winter.
Ct'ier plants ;cnd upon birds foi
tie (Iuiluuon. To teirrt them the
j!art3 rp tie f 't ia" Juicy ber
ries or larrr-r frr' j. V.'tea tie ber
ries c"3 d:i colored cr l.ick f.-n ;rance,
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the frosts have destroyed the plants,
until the bared seeds finally find a
place In the ground. On the contrary.
others have such sweet Juices that
.man Ja very willing to adopt them
and be responsible for their propaga
tion. Such are the strawberry, rasp
berry and blackberry, which are so
frequently found in their wild state tn
the woods and fields.
It Is a great Item for all berries and
pods to hang on through the winter.
for the birds that do not go south,
lacking other food, will gladly peck at
them and carry them away, so the da-
aired end is sure to be accomplished..
There are plants which have no un
usual fashion of caring for their prog
eny. They .quietly' mature and while,
the season is still warm drop ,to the
ground. In autumn the catnip seems
sometimes to , have .turned its, dried
calyxes downward ; that the , seeds!
might drop but more easily. . The red-
bud and honey locust have dry, long
action of the elements. The sticker
and lurs lay hold of the clothes' or
hair of passing animals and force them
to become unwelcome sowers of the
mil, , t , . . ,
The Jewelweed, which grows so plen
tifully along the rippling brooks, has a
most Ingenious method. " It puts its
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nple of Its
by It sis-
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seeds in a capsule, which bursts ,
touch and sends them scattering
cast A more familiar example
way of exploding is afforded
ter, the balsam, or lady's slipper
gardens. On account of this peculiari
ty the Jewelweed Is called the touch-
me-not vVv-'Kiv., ' ''"j.'i'-"'' f, '
The wild geranium, or- crane's bill.
with .hairy leaves iajnd,.8tetrtsf whose
pretty,;, purplish pink, round flower,
over an inch In diameter, blooms In
May, has -another plan adapted to Its
own needs. Its five seeds, at first snug
ly tucked in a bed In the flower, later
split away and apart' hang to the top
.of the stile and bound off.
The green water arum has the most
peculiar way of them alL This plant
is found only In exceedingly ..damp
places. " Its principal beauty is Its
large, finely shaped and stately leaves,
much like those of its near relative,
the calla lily. ' Its fruit Is a bunch of
green berries. In th fall the stem
bearing them bends over and down-.
ward and by means of a sheaf at the
top bores a hole in the wet mud and
literally plants Its own seeds. ?
, The cattail X brought In from the
arwamp in the late summer and placed
in the vase in the house, bursts and
showers the room with feathery bits.
It is merely trying to sow Its seeds and
should have been standing out of
doors. The bjts did jwt all contain
seeds, ' Some1 them were the useless
parts which had long . ago - fulfilled
their mission. - ...
. The balls of the plane tree, or syca
more, do likewise. f They cling to the
branches dJirl9S the, winter, ,but when
they are fully prepared burst quietly
and send the haired seeds out to plant
themselves.
The outs, appeal to the appetites of I
different small animals as will as boya
The red hip of the wild rose is an ea-
pecial dainty which the field mice love
and carry to their ' underground win-1
1v hnloa .' Tha oak ftnd chMtnnt ti(ed I
no assistance. Independent and strong
as the oak is. It leaves nothing un
done. - The embryo within the shell is
well protected, with plenty of food
around it, both for it to feed upon
and to keep it warm. It is also well
guarded by a shell and is fitted to
withstand the rigors of winter. The
damDness of the rains and snows sof
tens the en veloping 'shells so that they
can easily be pierced by the growing
germs of life within.
The ash and the maple trees fit their
seed keys with sails so that a windy
day will clatter them down and cause
them to dance gayly on the dead grass.
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seed in the cupboard of the cone. Each
scale is a little . cupboard, and only
when the" seeds -are ready will the
scales separate and allow the two
seeds within to escape and seek the
ground ; Each seed is armed with ,.a
small, thin sail to help it away,,
Thus we see that all creatures of na
ture work together. The plant ad
vertises first for the insects to help it
Sycamore Calls.
cn and rroUuce seed or fruit and
.Jien, " in, ror tiro, Deast or men to
sow tneiii.
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' Tours truly.
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Mrs. Laura S. Webb,
Vfct-Preakknt of Women's Democratic Quhs of Northern Ohio.
HERE ARE MANY
sickly women be
tween the ages of
45 and 65, but there are
very few invalids over 55
and 60 years of age.; The
change of life coming to
a woman near her forty
fourth year, either makes
her an invalid or eivea
: her a new lease, on life .Those who
meet this change in ill health sel
dom live ten' years afterward, while
a woman who lays aside ' the , active
duties of womanhood in health sel
dom fails to live on in happiness,
years after she has passed .60. This
is truly a critical time. ; '
krs., Laufa S. Webb, of Toledo,
Ohio, recognizes the change of life
its a dangerous period and she also
has faith in Wine of Cardui. She
writes , ". -" . v .
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or lest at the menstrual period, I dreaded
If Y n nt .:.?.;.
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JULlU HELL.
Phone No. 115. ' A
NOTICE!
North Carolina 1 Intha Superior Court
Lanoir County ( Before Plato CoUun, Clerk.
I.J. Howard , i .
- vs. : t Order of Sale.-
John D. Jarman, Goardian ) t
ol iwrtna jaimaa ana
Bertha larman.
By rirtna of a decree of the tnperlorccurt renderae
on the aoth Uy ot Uecember, looa, In the above
entitled caue, the aodersigiied ai commuuoner to
the court yHl on the tath day of January, 1903: at
the court hoiue door in Kintton. sell to the hiirheed
bounded aa follows, vi Adjoii.ing the lands of
Jo"o H.Taylor, Anthony Davis, John I. Oavia and
others in Pink Hill to-uihip, Le:
aoir Couoty and
known as the "Leary Place,
and a part of the
Anthony Lvi'Sr land. .
I Time nth day of January, 1933
; Plsce court
nouse.. lenn can.
- H. F. SHAW,
Commissioner of the court.
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the change of life which was
fast approaching. Vhile vis
iting with a friend I noticed
that she 'was taking your
Tine of Cardui, and the was
to enthusiastic about it that I
decided to try a bottle. I ex
perienced some relief the first
month, to I kept on taking it
for thtec months and now I
menstruate with no pain and
I shall take it off and on now
until I have passed the climax. I do not
dread it now, as I am sure that your
Tine of Cardui will be of great benefit
at this time." -
Wine of "Cardui is the remedy to
re-Jnforce a woman against the shook
that comes with the change of life.
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after years of suffering. In doing
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ia advance. . Begin the Wine of
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million suffering women
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It v order ot the Board of Aldtrawo. . '
Dec 6tb, loot.
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