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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 89

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ar. To see the plant and the flowers, in all theirpeculiar growth and appearance, carefully re-move the debris that surrounds them. The cup-shaped blossoms are the homes of many insectsthat prefer to remain near to the ground ratherthan to be in flight in the varying temperaturesof the spring air.… … WILD GINGER. The dried leaves of last year have been removed. Note the bell-like flowers, on the rock at lower right and lying on the ground. early spring would seem to make them attractive.The plant is called wild ginger from the ginger-like flavor and smell of the flowers and rootstock. 1908.]…

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