CONTENTS.
[CHAPTER I.]—HOW ANIMALS GET ABOUT.
Most of the larger animals move about freely
Some animals catch rides in one way or another
[CHAPTER II.]—PLANTS SPREAD BY MEANS OF ROOTS.
Fairy rings
How nature plants lilies
Roots hold plants erect like ropes to a mast
How oaks creep about and multiply
[CHAPTER III.]—PLANTS MULTIPLY BY MEANS OF STEMS.
Two grasses in fierce contention
Runners establish new colonies
Branches lean over and root in the soil
Living branches snap off and are carried by water or wind
[CHAPTER IV.]—WATER TRANSPORTATION OF PLANTS.
Some green buds and leaves float on water
Fleshy buds drop off and sprout in the mud
Seeds and fruits as boats and rafts
Bits of cork around the seeds prevent them from sinking
An air-tight sack buoys up seeds
Fruit of basswood as a sailboat, and a few others as adapted to the water
[CHAPTER V.]—SEEDS TRANSPORTED BY WIND.
How pigweeds get about
Tumbleweeds
Thin, dry pods, twisted and bent, drift on the snow
Seeds found in melting snowdrifts
Nuts of the basswood carried on the snow
Buttonwood balls
Seeds that tempt the wind by spreading their sails
Why are some seeds so small?
Seeds with parachutes
A study of the dandelion
How the lily sows its seeds
Large pods with small seeds to escape from small holes
Seeds kept dry by an umbrella growing over them
Shot off by wind or animal
Seed-like fruits moved about by twisting awns
Grains that bore into sheep or dogs or the sand
Winged fruits and seeds fall with a whirl
Plants which preserve a portion of their seeds for an emergency
[CHAPTER VI.]—PLANTS THAT SHOOT OFF THEIR SPORES OR SEEDS.
Dry pods twist as they split open and throw the seeds
A seed case that tears itself from its moorings
[CHAPTER VII.]—PLANTS THAT ARE CARRIED BY ANIMALS.
Squirrels leave nuts in queer places and plant some of them
Birds scatter nuts
Do birds digest all they eat?
Color, odor, and pleasant taste of fruits are advertisements
The meddlesome crow lends a hand
Ants distribute some kinds of seeds
Cattle carry away living plants and seeds
Water-fowl and muskrats carry seeds in mud
Why some seeds are sticky
Three devices of Virginia knotweed
Hooks rendered harmless till time of need
Diversity of devices in the rose family for seed sowing
Grouse, fox, and dog carry burs
Seeds enough and to spare
[CHAPTER VIII.]—MAN DISPERSES SEEDS AND PLANTS.
Burs stick to clothing
Man takes plants westward, though a few migrate eastward
[CHAPTER IX.]—SOME REASONS FOR PLANT MIGRATION.
Plants are not charitable beings
Plants migrate to improve their condition
Fruit grown in a new country is often fair
Much remains to be discovered