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“Plant More Milkweed!”

Nature Butterflies Endangered Species Monarch Butterfly Milkweed

Book:The Adventures of Johnny Butterflyseed

Source: The Adventures of Johnny Butterflyseed

“The monarch butterfly is a cardiotonic. It increases the tone of the heart muscle, causing more effective emptying of the chambers. The butterfly will help Diego. It will be good for him." "Do we use monarchs, too- in the United States, I mean?" I asked desperately. "You take digitalis from the digitoxin found in plants. Mostly foxglove. I use a digitalis-like toxin found in the monarch butterflies. Both have the same properties. The monarch lays its eggs on the milkweed plant, which also produces cardioglycosides. As the insects hatch and grow, they feed on the milkweed and ingest the heart medicine from the plant. They sequester it in their bodies, never using it and never excreting it." "Why do they do that?" "To keep predators away. Digitalis has a bitter taste that keeps the birds away.”

Toxin Milkweed Monarch Butterflies Digitalis

Book:Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire

Source: Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire

“I found myself wondering, what would it be like to have a strange woman living in your home, nursing your child? My resulting research into the private lives of women in the 18th and 19th centuries inspired me and provided the backbone for [Lady of Milkweed Manor] novel.”

Children Home Found Wonder Novel Century Strange Research Our Children Inspired Your Children Private Life Nursing 19th Century Backbone Milkweed

Author:Julie Klassen

“Sunk in the grass of an empty lot on a spring Saturday, I split the stems of milkweed and thought about ants and peach pits and death and where the world went when I closed my eyes.”

World Eye Spring Empty Grass Splits Stem Saturday Pits Ants Peaches Milkweed

Author:Toni Morrison

“When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.”

Easy Letting Things Go Milkweed

Book:Milkweed

Source: Milkweed

“Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.”

Said Names Milkweed

Book:Milkweed

Source: Milkweed

“Everybody has an angel hiding inside. When you die, your angel comes out. You can die, but not your angel. Your angel never dies.”

Dies Angel Hiding Milkweed

Book:Milkweed

Source: Milkweed

“He tapped my chest. 'Happy is here.' He tapped his own chest. 'Here.' I looked down past my chin. 'Inside?' 'Inside.' It was getting crowded in there. First angel. Now happy. It seemed there was more to me than cabbage and turnips.”

Firsts Past Angel Chests Crowded Chins Cabbage Turnips Milkweed

Book:Milkweed

Source: Milkweed

“Used to be that my whole body was my canvas-hot cuts licking my ribs, ladder rungs climbing my arms, thick milkweed stalks shooting up my thighs.”

Whole Body Used Cutting Arms Hot Used To Be Shooting Injury Climbing Thick Canvas Ladders Stalking Thighs Ribs Licking Self Injury Shooting Up Milkweed

Book:Wintergirls

Source: Wintergirls

“I still try to keep my eyes open. I'm always on the lookout for antlion traps in sandy soil, monarch pupae near milkweed, skipper larvae in locust leaves. These things are utterly common, and I've not seen one”

Trying Stills Eye Common Soil Traps Monarchs Sandy Skipper Milkweed

Book:PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK

Source: PILGRIM AT TINKER CREEK