Wild Plants Defend Themselves With Odd Weapons
In this excerpt from Everybody's Magazine, plants in the wild possess defensive traits like thorns spikes and creeping wreaths. The monkey puzzle tree shows spikes to deter blows while its heartwood and bark defenses reveal different purposes. A South American jungle creeper locks victims in sinuous vines, and certain leaves release poisonous fumes.
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South America
Afr
Inscot
Bk. Louis Glabe- Democ
The Shell of the Rain Poem Fragment from The Worldly Record
A fragmentary prose poem extols rain as nature’s elixir and renewal, contrasting its sweet scent with the stock exchange’s grit. It frames rain as life’s breath, reviving flora and humankind, urging patience through hardship toward renewed growth and memory.
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Stock Exchange
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Amd Howe
Varllr
Hay
The Life Plant in Barbados and West Indies
A description of the life plant or life tree found in Barbados and other West Indian islands. The plant is said to resist boiling water and red hot iron, yet can be eaten and divided. even shredded remains reportedly regrow. Leaves were stored in a dry, airtight box to test vitality but showed no effect on longevity.
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Damoien
Barbados
West
Indica
Excursion Rates for National Dairy Show 1907 Milwaukee
National Dairy Show excursion rates published for Milwaukee Wisconsin from October 14 to 24 1907 via North Western line Tickets on sale October 14 16 18 19 20 with returning option October 24 After sale details the notice mentions contact to Amy Ficket for full indexation and references medicines claimed to ease stomach liver and bowel issues without constriction.
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Milwaukee
Wis
North Western Ling
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