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Each seed clings to its down like a man hanging from a parachute . ... Many seeds are equipped for either aviation or navigation , flying upon the wings of the wind , or floating upon the face of the waters with equal facility .
Each seed clings to its down like a man hanging from a parachute . ... Many seeds are equipped for either aviation or navigation , flying upon the wings of the wind , or floating upon the face of the waters with equal facility .
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COTTON SEEDS WITH THE FIBRES STILL ATTACHED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT . Cultivation has rendered them so heavy that the wind is unable to bear them aloft . ground , which offers a thousand obstacles to the seeds ' advance .
COTTON SEEDS WITH THE FIBRES STILL ATTACHED AND STRAIGHTENED OUT . Cultivation has rendered them so heavy that the wind is unable to bear them aloft . ground , which offers a thousand obstacles to the seeds ' advance .
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have been known to shoot their seeds for a distance of thirty feet . The violet similarly expels its seeds by pinching . The sunflower , catnip and many other plants bend in the wind ; but when the wind pressure is removed , the stalks ...
have been known to shoot their seeds for a distance of thirty feet . The violet similarly expels its seeds by pinching . The sunflower , catnip and many other plants bend in the wind ; but when the wind pressure is removed , the stalks ...
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professional money lender is helpless to escape and how tragedy not infrequently follows the borrowing | 159 |
Making Charity | 251 |
made real financial successes alone in the cultivation of land and she points out some new ways | 299 |
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