. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 98. — Pod of Wallflower burst- ing bv two tions is seen in the disper- sion of the seed. Where the "fruits" are light and membranous they are wafted away by the wind; where they are bony they fall t(. the ground and slowly rot. or they split into several pieces (Figs. 98, 99), and thus liberate the seed; while in the case of the fleshy fruits the colour, jDerfume. flavoiu\ are all so many allurements to bii-ds or in- sects, which here, as in tht^ process of fertilisation, m the pursuit of their own selfish aims, are made to fulf
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. Fig. 98. — Pod of Wallflower burst- ing bv two tions is seen in the disper- sion of the seed. Where the "fruits" are light and membranous they are wafted away by the wind; where they are bony they fall t(. the ground and slowly rot. or they split into several pieces (Figs. 98, 99), and thus liberate the seed; while in the case of the fleshy fruits the colour, jDerfume. flavoiu\ are all so many allurements to bii-ds or in- sects, which here, as in tht^ process of fertilisation, m the pursuit of their own selfish aims, are made to fulfil an unconscious but most important part in tht great scheme of Xature. Structurally, the ripenini* of the fruit consists either in the .shrivelling of the fruit from the drying up of the water, in its harden- ing from the deposition of woody materials in the constituent cells, or in its increased succulence from the multiphcation of the cellular components. Fig-. 99. — Pod of bursting into 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 Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901. London ; New York : Cassell
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