Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 213
Shurtleff. Professor Ward, in his book Disease inPlants, makes the claim that this is not somuch a mode of healing an injury as a diseasedcondition resulting from the injury. The theoryis that the tree tries to cure itself by starting agreat number of buds at the point of injury.Each new bud begins… … THE CURIOUSLY MARKED PIECE OF WOOD. Natures effort to repair an injury. igo6.J NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 749 makes a large mass with wood-fibers runningin every direction, thus producing the beautifulcarved appearance. Professor Ward refers tosuch growths as burrs and knauers. They…
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