Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 280
its leaves tothe light and to ripen its pale fruit which isso suggestive of the twilight woods. The fruit is extremely interesting. The one-seeded berry is glutinous and adheres to anysurface, like a bit of wax, which it closely re-sembles. The fruit-eating birds are especiallyfond of these berries… … American AIistletoe (at the right) GrowingON A Water-oak. which the seed is chnging and soon the tinyplant is firmly attached. In this way thetrees in our southern woods are sown eachyear with mistletoe. In England, where this evergreen parasite grows on the apple trees,the missel thrush has…
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