Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 277
double origin. Nature sometimes unites two trees orbranches without depending upon humanaid. The small sketch opposite, shows atree which sent out a branch until it passedthrough a Y-shaped crotch in another branchnear by. By wearing against each otherthese boughs by gradual growth becamecemented… … Dwarfed Apple Trees in a Pasture. Although only a foot or two high, these trees may be manyyears old. of opposition toward each other, and the ele-ments, as well as man, force them to adopt 264 Nature and Science for Young Folks 265 defensive methods. On mountain tops and bythe sea, where they have…
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