Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 573
erested reader, and League member, Nax Vail. Yes; practically every berry- and friiit-catingbird will eat sumac berries. — C. W. B. QUEER GROWTH OF CORN Upper Montclair, N. J.Dear St. Nicholas: The piece of corn I send you is apiece grown in our garden. Can you tell me why the lit-tle ears have… … THE queer growth OF CORN.Photographed before a mirror to show both sides in one illustration. buds. It seems to be a characteristic of corn tosometimes trace back toward the original type(which was not a single ear, but had buds enthe side) ; this is commonly called atavism.It is not uncommon to…
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