. The natural history of the farm : a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature . Natural history. THE BRAMBLES OF THE FARM for observing the mutual helpfulness of many of the wild things in nature. At the edges of the clump, the adven- turous new bramble sprouts, ventur- ing out too far, are cropped with the grass by the cattle: but, wherever a stem has lived to harden its thorns, close by it new sprouts may raise their heads in safety. So may other herbage also, some common asso- ciates of the brambles, being cudweed and goldenrod and bracken fern and eld
. The natural history of the farm : a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature . Natural history. THE BRAMBLES OF THE FARM for observing the mutual helpfulness of many of the wild things in nature. At the edges of the clump, the adven- turous new bramble sprouts, ventur- ing out too far, are cropped with the grass by the cattle: but, wherever a stem has lived to harden its thorns, close by it new sprouts may raise their heads in safety. So may other herbage also, some common asso- ciates of the brambles, being cudweed and goldenrod and bracken fern and elder. The seeds of the last named are doubtless planted also by the birds. The grass grows tall in a peri- pheral zone among the canes, and under its matted tufts numerous Fig. 129. Wild rose. runways of meadow mice are to be found. And it is a poor brier patch, even tho it be a small one, that does not shelter the door of a deep burrow of some family of woodchucks, skunks or rabbits. Lovers of Uncle Remus will remember that Brer Rabbit proclaimed the brier-patch to be the place of his nativity.*. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Needham, James G. (James George), 1868-1956. New York : Comstock Pub. Co
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