Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 493
stems of the goldenrod, are causedby the sting of an insect. The insect pierces theleaf, plant, or bark, and inserts an egg. This egghatches into the caterpillar form of the insect,and continues its home in the gall until it emergesas a full-grown insect. An interesting pamphletregarding these… … the parsnip that grew in a flat-iron stand. Meriden, Conn.Dear St. Nicholas: I once had a little flat-iron stand.It got thrown out in a bonfire. When the garden wasspaded, that, too, got spaded in. One day Grandma went to pull some parsnips, and pulled one that had grownthrough a small hole in my…
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