Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 89
under the control of the they had disappeared. Yesterday, however, I found one , ner^ous svstem.cuddled down between the leaf and stalk of one of the . . plants. Iwastearingofftheleaf,asitwasturningbrown, The very interesting power to change color and he looked rather disgusted at being disturbed.… … color so as to match what they are resting on.When first I got them one was dark brown, and Isuppose had been sitting on some earth; later Ifound one in a chrysanthemum-pot, and it wasspotty gray-green like the leaves of that plant.It can liardly be a conscious action on the partof the animal, in…
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