Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 1155
: thus forming the second, or lower crook,B, as the base of the pod. In the second picture. No. 2, you see some ofthese familiar umbels and at the lower left-handcorner, at C, you see a young pod just beginningits upward turn. A few withered stems still ad-here but will soon fall away as all the… … THE SPIDER WEB. rical point of view, these have for ages beenadmired more than any other one of naturessmaller works, with the exception, perhaps, ofthe comb made by honey-bees. On account of the tenuity and transparency ofthe threads, it is difficult to preserve the beautyof the webs, even by a…
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