The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 114
ing from the Latin words sax-um, a stone, and frango, to break—suggests, it isfond of growing in the clefts of rocks. I havefound it on the surface of a boulder where thereseemed at first no crevice at all, no chance forthe little roots to get nourishment. The botani-cal direction for finding it… … THE HEPATICA. in color (the buds are of a deeper tint than theopen blossoms) from white to purple and pur-plish pink, and sometimes to pure blue. Theleaves are evergreen, and are beautifully shaped,cut in three deep, regular lobes; the stem, buds,and calyx are covered with a gray silky down. The…
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