Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 354
ts a strong resinous odor, which has caused itto be called turpentine plant also. The name of Compass, or Pilot-plant it has received from a peculiarity in the growth of itsleaves, which are arranged along the stalk alternately, and pointexactly north and south. Long ago the Indians had made use… … A WINDOW DECORATION, DESIGNED BY JACK FROST, ESQ. investigations soon established the truth of what had been told of it.Longfellow speaks of it in Evangeline saying: Look at that delicate plant, which rears its head from the meadow;See how its leaves are turned to the north as true as the…
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