. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 2/0 Flashlights ox Nature ir it: 4 mm. id and how, as they approach maturity, they betjin to assume the adult differences which mark off each hiter developed kind from tlie primitive and central form of its ancestors. But is j^orse really exposed to the attacks of animals ? Would any herbivore care to eat such hard food ? If / you doubt it, you ^ have never lived near a ^orse-clad common. From the moment the seedlinj^ shows itself above the ground it is cease- lessly nibbled at by rabbits and other rodents ; and even afte
. Flashlights on nature [microform]. Insects; Plants; Insectes; Plantes. 2/0 Flashlights ox Nature ir it: 4 mm. id and how, as they approach maturity, they betjin to assume the adult differences which mark off each hiter developed kind from tlie primitive and central form of its ancestors. But is j^orse really exposed to the attacks of animals ? Would any herbivore care to eat such hard food ? If / you doubt it, you ^ have never lived near a ^orse-clad common. From the moment the seedlinj^ shows itself above the ground it is cease- lessly nibbled at by rabbits and other rodents ; and even after it has acquired its prickly armour, it makes excellent fodder, if only the sharp tops can be rendered harmless to the sensitive noses of cattle or donkeys. Gipsies know this fact well ; and you may often see them on our Surrey hills cutting the succulent young branches and chopping them up fine in a wooden trough till the prickles are destroyed. Their horses then eat the good green food most NO. -rROTFXTINC, THK BUDS FROM nROVVSINO 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 Allen, Grant, 1848-1899. London : G. Newnes
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