Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 92
voices ; and we havelooked into every dead bud onthe branch. Suddenly one of the party ex- NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 649 claimed: Could those little gray hoods growinto such beautiful petal-like ornaments? The guide now pointed to the telltale tip ofa small gray hood on the summit of a… … DOGWOOD BRANCH IN BLOOM. The four hoods have enlarged and become petal-like, showy bractsaround the tiny true flowers in the center. A few unopened budsexplain the secret. their hard hollow tips had made the puckersand scars which Harry thought were the workof some mischievous insect. Two of the…
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