. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 84 THE BROOK BOOK her ears now and then just because we begged her to. But it was not until I left the flats and climbed the hill that I became thoroughly recon- ciled to the jewel- weed and learned the little game it was quietly playing while other plants seemed content to sit still in their places and be choked out by what- ever ambitious vege- table happened to come along. In August and Sep- tember I explored many runs, brooks gone dry for the sea- son and "improved ril
. The brook book; a first acquaintance with the brook and its inhabitants through the changing year. Natural history. 84 THE BROOK BOOK her ears now and then just because we begged her to. But it was not until I left the flats and climbed the hill that I became thoroughly recon- ciled to the jewel- weed and learned the little game it was quietly playing while other plants seemed content to sit still in their places and be choked out by what- ever ambitious vege- table happened to come along. In August and Sep- tember I explored many runs, brooks gone dry for the sea- son and "improved ; All these were rapidly being occu- pied by meadow plants driven thither by the plow and the fire- brand. I saw goldenrod peering over the brink of a little gorge and sending out scouts to get a footing far below on the thinly covered rocks. Aster was at the same game. Such "beggars' ticks" and pitchforks, two-tined, as could be gathered at the bottom if one cared to venture down 1 But jewel-weed outdid them all in num- bers and in vigor. Climbing from the lower land up the narrow ravines, year by year it staked out. LIKE "EAR-BOBS'. 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 Miller, Mary Farrand (Rogers), Mrs. , 1868-. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company
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