Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 124
. Place a small stake near to,but not actually touching, the tendril. Now fromthe beginning the tendril has always been on the THE EXPERIMENT WITH A I,001> OF THREAD. move, traveling round and round with a curious,swaying movement. Then, too, it is gettinglonger, and sooner or later it will come… … THE SLENDER TENDRIL IS STRONG ENOUGH TOSUPPORT A HEAVY PUMPKIN. the hooklike end of the tendril. When a suffi-ciently firm attachment is made, the remaining part of the tendril is thrown into a spiral coil.If we examine this coiled tendril, we shall findthat it consists of two halves, which twist…
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