Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 245
THE DEAD BRANCHESCURVE INWARD. moisture to a large extent, unfold, resume thedirection they had in life, and thus let theseeds out at a timewhen the sand iswet and the seedswill grow mostreadily. This mo-tion is not a mat-ter of the growthof life, but is purelymechanical. Theplant is…
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