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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 32

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 32 — THE BURDOCK. when great herds ofbuffalo roamed theplains, their haircaught up these burrs,which thus stole longrides, like the trampsthey are. Even now,in old buffalo-wallowsplants are found thatdo not grow elsewherein the country round.Some burrs, like … SPANISH NEEDLES. Spanish needles, have onlythree or four slender spines,or awns, as they are called,at the summit of the fruit.If we look at them througha magnifying-glass, we findthem bearing sharp, down-ward-pointing barbs, likethat of a fish-hook. Thesand-spur, an ill weed thatgrows on…

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