Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 95
ertes. SOME OF NATURES CRUEL SEEDS Most of us are familiar with the various formsof harmless, even if annoying, seeds, such assticktights, burdocks, and avens, that have tinyhooks or barbed points by which they cling toour clothing, or to the hair or fur of animals, andso are carried to fresh… … CALTROPS PARTLY HIDDEN IN THE SAND. strument of war having four spikes so arrangedthat when any three are on the ground the fourthwill stand upright. These were scattered on theground where an enemys horses were to pass,the purpose being to hinder them by woundingtheir horses feet. Certain plants…
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