Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 279
The Birch Tree Forcing a Boulder Apart.Notice how the tree expands as it rises above the rock. 266 Nature and Science for Young Folks [Jan., seemed struggling for a foothold on the barerock, and the weaker one, apparently over-come, yet holds the victor in a death grip, asmuch as to say, as he… … A }iIexica.\ •■ Strangling I ig on Palmliio. The seed of the strangling fig lodges on the host tree andgerminates. For a time the growing plant draws foodfrom the host. Later the roots extend to theground, from which it then gets food. The photograph is from Professor William Trelease,…
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