MILKWEEDS. 
Most of us like milkweeds. They are not so trouble- 
some as £^C? the dandelions and thistles. They 
generally J | grow in waste places, along stone 
i walls, or outside fences, where they 
do no harm to the crops 
but make the roadsides 
charming. Most kinds of 
milkweeds have a milky 
juice, as their name tells. 
It is thicker and stickier 
than the dandelion juice, 
and is very disagreeable 
if one gets it on his 
fingers. 
This, no doubt, is why 
the plant makes it that 
way. It does not wish 
us to get its juice on our 
fingers ; it wishes us to let 
it alone. It also wishes 
animals to let it alone and 
not eat it ; and most ani- 
mals are not fond of it. 
certain caterpillars. 
This is not true, however, of 
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