Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 281
kinds are very nutritious andarc eaten greedily by cattle and horses, as well as, to some extent, by the Indians of the desert.In my own travels about the region my horseoften had to rely on these screw-beans, asthey are called, for fodder, and appeared toenjoy and thrive upon them. The other… … SEED-VESSELS OF THE SCBEW-BEAN MESQUITE orchid. (It can be seen at the top of thestem, near the middle of the circle of leaves.)The seed-vessel is astonishingly large for thesize of the plant, often fully ten inches long.The dark, curved object in the picture is afull-grown fresh pod, and the…
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