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... French boy learns the common French names ; but I want you now to begin to learn something more , so that by and by , when you read about plants found in other countries , you may know to what families they belong , and how they are ...
... French boy learns the common French names ; but I want you now to begin to learn something more , so that by and by , when you read about plants found in other countries , you may know to what families they belong , and how they are ...
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... French word for a butterfly , so I think you will remem- ber the name when you find a butterfly - shaped flower again . Recollect that the seeds of all these plants are formed in pods like the pea- pods , which are called ' legumes ...
... French word for a butterfly , so I think you will remem- ber the name when you find a butterfly - shaped flower again . Recollect that the seeds of all these plants are formed in pods like the pea- pods , which are called ' legumes ...
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... daisy . The old Eng- lish poet Chaucer delighted in this name , and constantly mentioned it . The French name for the daisy is Marguerite , or a pearl , like our name Margaret . The Daisy . 43 HENRY . - I am trying 42 Talks about Plants .
... daisy . The old Eng- lish poet Chaucer delighted in this name , and constantly mentioned it . The French name for the daisy is Marguerite , or a pearl , like our name Margaret . The Daisy . 43 HENRY . - I am trying 42 Talks about Plants .
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... French chèvre - feuille or goat - leaf , I suppose because it climbs over rocks or any high places like a goat . what a long tube the corolla forms ! See HENRY . I should think insects that get in there cannot easily get out ; but then ...
... French chèvre - feuille or goat - leaf , I suppose because it climbs over rocks or any high places like a goat . what a long tube the corolla forms ! See HENRY . I should think insects that get in there cannot easily get out ; but then ...
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... French call it Violette pensée . Poor Ophelia in the play of Hamlet , which you have heard read , says when she is crazy and giving all her pretty flowers away : ' There's pansies , that's for thoughts . ' The old English name of this ...
... French call it Violette pensée . Poor Ophelia in the play of Hamlet , which you have heard read , says when she is crazy and giving all her pretty flowers away : ' There's pansies , that's for thoughts . ' The old English name of this ...
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