. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . arrow-headedspears, which,when once anchor-ed, reach deeper and deep-er with every movement,and embed themselves closely intowhatever fabric they take a fancy to. They are the beggar-lice of the botany,and hang in a pretty row upon the graceful par-ent blossom stem, following a spray of tiny pale-blue blossoms. Another burr with a similar trick of multiplication isshown at the left below, splitting in half like two spring-backed turtles with curved tails. This is the fruit ofthe Sanicle Marilandica, a com
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . arrow-headedspears, which,when once anchor-ed, reach deeper and deep-er with every movement,and embed themselves closely intowhatever fabric they take a fancy to. They are the beggar-lice of the botany,and hang in a pretty row upon the graceful par-ent blossom stem, following a spray of tiny pale-blue blossoms. Another burr with a similar trick of multiplication isshown at the left below, splitting in half like two spring-backed turtles with curved tails. This is the fruit ofthe Sanicle Marilandica, a common plant in open very frequent offender is the twin seed of the cleav-ers, or goose-grass, Galium, round and beset with slen-der hooks; there are a number of species, and if youoccasionally chance upon a cluster of similar specimensamong them, only of a distinct pear shape beneath thehooks, you may rest assured that you have visited thehaunts of the enchanters night-shade as well as thecleavers. But the prettiest and most shapely of all theburrs upon our coat-sleeve is the no
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