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The child's rainy day book (1905)

White, Mary, 1869-1952 · New York : Doubleday, Page and Co. · leaf 167

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g, but surely you know how they look whendried. Hard, smooth-shelled things of a beautifulgolden brown colour, they grow in the strangestshapes. Some are round or oval with a queer twisted stem (seeFig. 69). They havemany uses—to holdthe stockings openand smooth (so thatgrandma can darnthem… … Fig. 69 Indoor Gardening 139 you would have the interesting gourds to dryand use as you chose. If you would like to raise them, sow the seedsin shallow wooden boxes indoors in March. Plantthem a quarter of an inch deep, and when thelittle plants crowd one another and are strongenough to transplant…

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