. St. Nicholas [serial]. fruit heads of the sycamore. Colchester, St. Nicholas: I found two queer little thingson the ground yesterday. The girls who were with medid not know what they were, so I thought I wouldsend them to you. What is the little hard thing in-side ? Yours very truly, Minnie R. The specimens you sent are the fruitingheads of the buttonball or sycamore tree. FRUITING HEADS OF THE SYCAMORE-TREE. [Platauus occidentalis). Look for the large treenear by, and for the fluffy heads, about an inchin diameter, that remain on the tree throughthe winter. They hang by
. St. Nicholas [serial]. fruit heads of the sycamore. Colchester, St. Nicholas: I found two queer little thingson the ground yesterday. The girls who were with medid not know what they were, so I thought I wouldsend them to you. What is the little hard thing in-side ? Yours very truly, Minnie R. The specimens you sent are the fruitingheads of the buttonball or sycamore tree. FRUITING HEADS OF THE SYCAMORE-TREE. [Platauus occidentalis). Look for the large treenear by, and for the fluffy heads, about an inchin diameter, that remain on the tree throughthe winter. They hang by slender stems fromthree to six inches long. These seeds have acottony attachment by which they are scatteredabroad by the winds, especially in March orlater in the spring. The seeds are packed I9°4- NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOURS. 169
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