. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intelligent Plant 28t in the isect days may uiet- moor on such a warm summer morning, you will hear, from time to time, little abrupt discharges as if a succession of toy pistols were being con- tinually fired off in the thicket all round you. These noises are due to the bursting pods of gorse, which go off one after another, and shed their seeds piecemeal over a considerable area. Should you look in early spring on the bare spots around a moor or common,. NO. 12.—THE POD, AFTER DISCHARGING THE BEANS ELASTICALLY. y
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. A Very Intelligent Plant 28t in the isect days may uiet- moor on such a warm summer morning, you will hear, from time to time, little abrupt discharges as if a succession of toy pistols were being con- tinually fired off in the thicket all round you. These noises are due to the bursting pods of gorse, which go off one after another, and shed their seeds piecemeal over a considerable area. Should you look in early spring on the bare spots around a moor or common,. NO. 12.—THE POD, AFTER DISCHARGING THE BEANS ELASTICALLY. you will find gorse seedlings by the thou- sand, all fight- ing it out among them- selves, and all trying their best to occupy the uncovered spaces in the neighbourhood of their parents. And here the wonder of their lives begins all over again. For while the gorse was old and woody, it grew like gorse, all stern and prickly. But as soon as the young seedlings start afresh in life, they seem to forget their parents : they revert once more to the old trefoil condition. All young plants and animals, at least in their embryonic stages, show this strange tendency to throw back. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. New York : Doubleday & McClure
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