Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 886
THE DITTANY BY DAY. their eggs in the fungi, and, during their visits,help in the distribution of the spores. One plant which may be classed with the lumi-nous kinds is the dittany (Dictamnus), a nativeof western Asia, sometimes grown in gardens.This plant secretes an essential oil in abundance; … A CRACKLING RED FLAME SHOOTS UPWARD. in warm weather the oil becomes volatile, and itis then highly inflammable. If a light is broughtnear to the flower-stalk, a crackling red flameshoots upward, and the effect is very singular. 562 NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS The dittany is commonly called…
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