Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 730
animal, and in early days wassupposed to combine in some mysterious way theattributes of animal and plant. The belief wasthat it sprang from a seed, and, turning on itsroot, devoured all the green food within reach. whereupon it died of starvation. As late as theeighteenth century, it was much… … THE PIGEON IN THE ORCHID. wonderful imitation in the plant kingdom is thatpresented by the Holy-Ghost orchid, whichcontains within each of its blossoms a pigeon withhalf-spread wings. Indeed, the bird is so perfectthat it looks as if it were ready to take flight.The plant, which is a native of the…
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