DODDER. 



its pretty spikes of flowers and pleasant perfume are indeed 

 the joy of the places it thrives in. One species, commonly 

 known as Marjoram, is a favourite culinary herb, rendering 

 our dishes more relishing to the epicurean palate of the 

 Englishman. 



DODDER {Cuscutd Europcea). — BASENESS. 



The seeds of this genus, falling on the ground, lie dormant 

 until Spring. They then form their slender stem and 

 fibrous roots. If no other plant be near, these perish. It 

 usually, however, attaches itself to some neighbouring plant, 

 aiid entwines around it its slender branches. At intervals 

 it protrudes a glandular apex, which soon puts forth a 

 radicle acute enough to pierce the bark of the plant to 

 which it adheres, and the fluids of which it absorbs. When 

 this connexion is fully established, the original roots and 

 stem of the Dodder die, and it becomes a true parasite 

 basely feeding on the vitals of the plant into which it has 

 insinuated itself 



THE DOG ROSE {Rosa canind). — Simplicity. 



Of the Roses of June none afford such wide-spread 

 pleasure as the Dog Rose. It does not confine itself to a 

 few places, but decorates every hedge in the country with 

 its simple beauty, and fills the air around it with most 



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