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... then . What shall we do ? GRANNY . - I think we can find plenty to talk about , Harry , even without fresh living flowers ; for see , I have brought with me a portfolio full of the flowers you and I found together last 13.
... then . What shall we do ? GRANNY . - I think we can find plenty to talk about , Harry , even without fresh living flowers ; for see , I have brought with me a portfolio full of the flowers you and I found together last 13.
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... Harry , I want to be sure that you have not forgotten what I told you in the summer about the names and the parts of plants , so we will go over it all again ; and if we can't find a real live flower to explain , we will use one of ...
... Harry , I want to be sure that you have not forgotten what I told you in the summer about the names and the parts of plants , so we will go over it all again ; and if we can't find a real live flower to explain , we will use one of ...
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... by which it was fastened to the flat disc from which you pulled it . ALICE . - Why , Harry , only see ! it is really a little tiny tube , not flat at all , and out of one end comes a little thread ending in two horns .
... by which it was fastened to the flat disc from which you pulled it . ALICE . - Why , Harry , only see ! it is really a little tiny tube , not flat at all , and out of one end comes a little thread ending in two horns .
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... so light that it floats about in the air and carries the fruit which contains the seed with it . HENRY . Oh , Granny , is it the stuff we blow off old dandelions to see what o'clock it is ? GRANNY . - Yes , Harry , that is the.
... so light that it floats about in the air and carries the fruit which contains the seed with it . HENRY . Oh , Granny , is it the stuff we blow off old dandelions to see what o'clock it is ? GRANNY . - Yes , Harry , that is the.
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Phebe Lankester. GRANNY . - Yes , Harry , that is the pappus of the dandelion , but in the daisy it is absent . There is another family of plants very like the Composite family , and easily mistaken for it , called the Umbel family , to ...
Phebe Lankester. GRANNY . - Yes , Harry , that is the pappus of the dandelion , but in the daisy it is absent . There is another family of plants very like the Composite family , and easily mistaken for it , called the Umbel family , to ...
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