Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1896 — The Parasite Fig. [ARTICLE]

The Parasite Fig.

The parasite tig, indigenous to the tropics, is a most extraordinary plant. Its seeds are distributed by birds, and if one drops and lodges in a fruit tree it will germinate there and send a long root to the ground and draw nourishment through it. It then rapidly spreads over the unfortunate tree and strangles it. A carpet tack trust has been formed. We . hope Attorney General Harmon will see the point The camphor trust has doubled prices You can’t got so much now for a scent,