. Elementary botany. Botany. 372 ECOLOGY. 678. The milkweed, or silkweed.—The common milkweed, or silkweed (Asclepias cornuti), so abundant in rich grounds, is attractive not only. Fig. 474. Milkweed (Asclepias cornuti); dissemination of seed. because of the peculiar pendent flower clusters, but also for the beautiful floats with which it sends its seeds skyward, during a puff of wind, to finally lodge on the earth. 679. The large boat-shaped, tapering pods, in late autumn, .ire packed with oval, flattened, brownish seeds, which overlap each other in rows like shingles on a roof. These make a
. Elementary botany. Botany. 372 ECOLOGY. 678. The milkweed, or silkweed.—The common milkweed, or silkweed (Asclepias cornuti), so abundant in rich grounds, is attractive not only. Fig. 474. Milkweed (Asclepias cornuti); dissemination of seed. because of the peculiar pendent flower clusters, but also for the beautiful floats with which it sends its seeds skyward, during a puff of wind, to finally lodge on the earth. 679. The large boat-shaped, tapering pods, in late autumn, .ire packed with oval, flattened, brownish seeds, which overlap each other in rows like shingles on a roof. These make a pretty picture as the pod in drying splits along the suture on the convex side, and exposes them to view. The silky tnlt- of numerous long, delicate- white hairs on the inner end of each seed, in drying, bristle out, and thus lilt the seeds out of their enclosure, where they arc lilted like fairy balloons, buoyenl a^> vapor, they go bearing the precious burden of an embryo plant, which Is to take its place as a contest- ant in the luiile i'>r existence. 680. The virgin's bower. The virgin's bower (Clematis virginiana), too. clambering over fence and -luck, make! a shoi* of having transformed its. 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 Atkinson, George Francis, 1854-1918. New York, H. Holt and company
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