Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 344
J9°5-] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 847 head terminating in a rounded point. Thehead of an alligator is broad, with almost par-allel sides, and at the end it is broadly roundedoff. The canine tooth in the lower jaw of acrocodile fits on the outside of the upper jaw,in a notch close behind… … It is probable that your elm-tree has beeninjured in some way ; perhaps a branch hasbeen broken off by the wind and the spores ofsome fungus growths have gained access at thepoint injured. The large growth is probablyone of the so-called woody fungi or bracket fungi, but which one we could tellonly…
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