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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 201

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narcis-sus but is not named in the same way. Like theasphodel and the gladiolus, its name comes fromthe shape of the leaf. It has rush-like leaves,and jonquil comes irova. juncus—a rush. Heliotrope means literally sun-turn, and is MYRIADS OF DAISIES HAVE SHOWN FORTH IN FLOWER. the Greek word for…

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