. Elements of botany. Botany. 126 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY Buckeye, horse-chestnut, and buckthorn leaves are so bitter that browsing animals and most insects let them alone. Tansy, ragweed, boneset, southernwood, and worm- wood are safe for the same reason. The nauseous taste of. 02. Stinging Hairs and ("'nttinL; (All much magnified.) a, stin,L,Miig hairs on leaf of nettle ; h, liristle of the biigloss : e. Viar1)ed margin ol a li'af of sedge; d, barbed margin of a leaf of many kinds of leaves and stems, such as those of the potato, and the liery taste of horse-radish, ma
. Elements of botany. Botany. 126 ELEMENTS OF BOTANY Buckeye, horse-chestnut, and buckthorn leaves are so bitter that browsing animals and most insects let them alone. Tansy, ragweed, boneset, southernwood, and worm- wood are safe for the same reason. The nauseous taste of. 02. Stinging Hairs and ("'nttinL; (All much magnified.) a, stin,L,Miig hairs on leaf of nettle ; h, liristle of the biigloss : e. Viar1)ed margin ol a li'af of sedge; d, barbed margin of a leaf of many kinds of leaves and stems, such as those of the potato, and the liery taste of horse-radish, make tliese substances uneatable for most animals. Pnisonovfs plants are usually shunned Iiv grown-up animals, though the young ones will sometimes eat such plants and may be killed l)y 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 Bergen, Joseph Y. (Joseph Young), 1851-1917. Boston, Ginn
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