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Flowers and plants for designers and schools (1907)

Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929, Irving, Henry, 1850- · London, Hodder and Stoughton · leaf 193

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by Dioscorides. It derives its name from the Islandof Candia, and is referred to by Gerard as a rare plant. In Franceit was considered to be the floral symbol of architecture, because,says a writer of a century ago, its flowers are disposed in storiesfrom the bottom of the stalk to the top, which… … CANDYTUFT.

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