Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 74
ld soon be entirely destroyed. But Nature has made themto be like strong forts or great armored battle-ships among plants. They are guarded by allsorts of sharp spines and prickles and fine hairsthat burn when they get into the flesh. Besides the large grazing animals, there aresmaller enemies —… … BLACK-BERRY VINE. of the oddestmeans of self-de-fense is that usedby a plant ofsouthern Europe— the Serratula,a sort of cousinofourshowypur-ple blazing-star.This plant has abitter foe in theshape of a small beetlethat eats its flowers.These are in heads,like the heads of thistles,the blossoms being…
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