. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE LITTLE BROOK GONE DRY 309 sedges; also, some fine close-growing tussock-sedges, that build hillocks of green at the edges of the channel. There will be grasses, also; especially the pale cut-grass (Leersia), fringing the edges of former pools. There will be a few fine mints, such as pepper- mint, spearmint, water- mint, and the less attractive bugle-weed. There will be a few fine wild flowers, such as turtleheads, skullcaps and lobelias. There wiU be evidences of
. The natural history of the farm; a guide to the practical study of the sources of our living in wild nature. Natural history. THE LITTLE BROOK GONE DRY 309 sedges; also, some fine close-growing tussock-sedges, that build hillocks of green at the edges of the channel. There will be grasses, also; especially the pale cut-grass (Leersia), fringing the edges of former pools. There will be a few fine mints, such as pepper- mint, spearmint, water- mint, and the less attractive bugle-weed. There will be a few fine wild flowers, such as turtleheads, skullcaps and lobelias. There wiU be evidences of animal life in the tracks of the muskrat and of birds in the dried mud- bed of the pools. Robins, that sit, while we pass by, on the lower branches of the trees, with gaping beaks, pant- ing in the shade—^these have been exploring the brook-bed before us. They have been seeking for things to replace earthworms in their diet, since the drying of the topsoil in the fields has driven the worms down below. Other things there are to take advantage of the hapless brook-dweUers. The concentration of the pools leaves their inhabitants exposed to merciless Fig. 135. A late-season spray of the fowl meadow-grass (Panicularia nervata), show- ing vegetative aerial offsets with roots: a small laters^ offset is shown enlarged at the 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. Ithaca, N. Y. , The Comstock Publishing Company
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