The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . ers ; andthe corn will rustle in the brown field, and allnature animate and inanimate shall seem to singa song of joy and praise. As I have given you a description of a parasiticplant, it may not be amiss to mention some otherplants of the same character, though they bearlittle other resemblance to the misletoe, than inthe fact of their deriving sustenance from dodder {Cuscuta), of which there are twoBritish species, grows upon the furze, thyme, andeven the common nettle. The sm
The field, the garden and the woodland, or, Interesting facts respecting flowers and plants in general . ers ; andthe corn will rustle in the brown field, and allnature animate and inanimate shall seem to singa song of joy and praise. As I have given you a description of a parasiticplant, it may not be amiss to mention some otherplants of the same character, though they bearlittle other resemblance to the misletoe, than inthe fact of their deriving sustenance from dodder {Cuscuta), of which there are twoBritish species, grows upon the furze, thyme, andeven the common nettle. The smaller species ofdodder (Cusaita epithTjmum), being the morefrequent, shall be the subject of my species are however very similar, their chiefpoints of difference being obvious only to thebotanist. The lesser dodder fastens itself chiefly uponfurze. Unlike the misletoe, it does not at firstspring from the stem which supports it; but its DODDER. 89 seed germinating in the ground, the young shootthat rises from it clings to whatever may happento be near it. This thread-like shoot then pro-. i(:iiMl!/\ ^
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