Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 547
ugh, it resembles ingeneral contour the famed Travelers Palm ofthe tropics, and like that interesting plant, thiscactus stores up water for the thirsty wayfarerbehind its thorny armor. A guess has been madethat the cluster form of the cactus is the resultof an injury to the top of the plant, but… … THE GULL MONUMENT. State, saved the crops in Utah from a pest ofblack crickets. The shaft of granite is surmounted by a verygraceful bronze, showing a pair of sea-gullsalighting with outstretched wings, while bronzereliefs on the pedestal tell the history of thetimely visit of the birds. It was…
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