Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 323
veredthat a clump of pasture thistles ( Cirsiumpumilum ) had borne a snow white flower-head.Now I do not mean a faded yellow whiteblossom that has withstood rain and sunand has been drained of its sweets by insectvisitors, but a large white flower-head ofexquisite beauty. It was fully as fragrant… … WHITE THISTLES. The flowers of most thistles are reddish-purple; those of somevarieties are yellowish, but rarely white or cream color. after examining them, I decided that thisbunch of thistles bore only white flowers. Doubtless this beautiful blossom was a freakof nature, a variation among the…
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