Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 269
beechtwig, or sucker, with a single fruit on its tip. It wasgrowing about eight feet from the main trunk on the rootof a large tree, somewhat as shown in my rough sketch. The root was exposed where the sucker grew. Whilethis may not be an unusual occurrence, I had never seensuch a growth on any… … A TINY BEECH GROWTH FROM A ROOT BEARINGNUT BURS. small piece from the surface of the root to which the twigwas attached, but I did not think of doing so until too late. This unusual growth may possibly be of interest to thenature lovers who read the Nature and Science depart-ment of St. Nicholas. I…
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