Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 406
he plains-men as tumble-weeds,and to botanists as theCycloloma plalyphylium.It belongs to a genus ofplants that grow into athick, globe-shaped massof twigs and smallbranches, attached to theirroots each by a small stemthat in the fall becomesdry and brittle; and, asthe autumn winds sweepover the… … ANTELOlES FLEEING FROM THE TRAVELING PLANT. the road-beds clogged by these flying masses of brush-wood. I sent you, dear Mr. Jack, a photograph, which I hopewill be copied for your crowd of young folk. It wastaken from life, and by comparing the size of the tumble-weed ball with that of the man…
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