Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 88
. You and I may not quite understand it.but it seems to mean a good deal — does nt it? ANOTHER WONDERFUL ORCHID. New York. Dear Jack : I dont wonder that your birds thought those orchid-flowers you told us about in January were bees. Theflowers themselves do look very much like bees, I assure you.… … THE PUPPET-ORCHID OF MEXICO. called the puppet-orchid, and grows in Mexico. I send you adrawing of it which Uncle made for us. He says to tell you that the blossoms, or little flower-sprites, are clothed in yellow caps andscarlet aprons, and each one is upheld by a slender, curved stem,which causes…
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