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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 108

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he crucifixion (Peter andJudas being absent). Inside the corolla is a showy crown of fila-ments, by some taken to represent the crown ofthorns, by others the halo. It is interesting, in the study of plant life, tonote the extent to which various peoples have assigned to plants qualities and… … THE PASSION-FLOWER. wailing of the trees when they suffer in this way.It might be a good thing if certain people, nowa-days, had such beliefs as would lead them to treatconsiderately not only trees and plants, but birdsand four-footed animals as well. 78 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS [Nov.,

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