The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 126
A FAIR-WEATHER TRAVELER(Geaster hygromctricus.) BIRD S-NEST FUNGUS.(Cyanthes vermicosus.) CURIOSITIES OF PLANT LIFE 105 nearly all were pointed downward. He foundthat the thorns started out about equally in num- … TWIG OK THORN-TREE.Shows most thorns pointing downward. ber on the upper and lower sides (as do buds),but nearly all the thorns on the upper side curveddownward more and more as they grew in length.This he regards as a noteworthy fact. In an ex-tended article in The Plant World he says: Very few…
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