Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 220
tretching for miles over the brown hills.These thorny fortifications were planted by theearly mission fathers to protect their little settle-ments from the attacks of savage Indians anddangerous beasts. Throughout Mexico what is commonly knownas the organ cactus is used to make fences.Pieces the… … CACTUS (resembling THE PIPES OI AN ORGAN)GROWING IN MEXICO AS A FENCE. a species of this same cactus is the only fencingmaterial known.—Charlotte M. Hoak. 174 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Dec, --~j.».:=^ ^BECAUSE- WE[want to KNOW
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 220](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial361dodg-220-264.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial4221dodg-753-862.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial251dodg-43-25.webp)
