Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 73
e smaller and weaker. Yet Nature does not leave the least of herchildren quite unprotected. Instead, she sendsthem forth into the world, each with some kindof weapon or armor wherewith to defend it-self. She has given the wasp a sting, and therattlesnake poisoned fangs. Birds have sharpbeaks, dogs… … LEAF FROM A BRAMBLE-BUSH, SHOWING THORNS ON THE STEMSAND ON THE CENTRAL RIB OF LEAF. 60 PLANTS AND THEIR ENEMIES. 61 So much for the ways of animals. But haveplants likewise their enemies ? Yes, there area thousand things that threaten the well-being,and even the life, of every tree and shrub…
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