Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 3
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
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The Pigeonberry: A Bird's Favorite Food
Pigeonberry is a plant which relies on birds to disperse its seeds. Robbins, flickers and downy woodpeckers may be detected in the act of gormandizing on the fruit. Their droppings form the best of fertilizers for young seedlings. Children and some grown-ups find the deep magenta juice of the ink very useful,. notwithstanding the poisonous properties of the root. Some sections of the young shoots are boiled and eaten like a sparicus with no disastrous consequences.
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