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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 342

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en . match is applied to it. Mr. Nathan R. Graves, Rochester, New York,sends the accompanying illustration of the bloom.He writes: I have found that the flash, when a lightedmatch is held near to the bloom, is more certainon a sultry evening after a very warm day. Thenone seldom fails to get quite… … THE BLOOM OF THE GAS-PLANT, OR BURNING BUSH.(Dictamnus fraxinella.)In dry, sultry weather the flowers sometimes give out a vapor whichis inflammable. They can then be transplanted to rich, heavysoil. They bloom in the months of June and July.[The fireworks with orange peel and flowershave in…

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