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... garden ; though they are of a very different genus and species , and it requires a great deal of thought and study to see exactly where they are alike . In order to understand it at all , you must know exactly what each part of a plant ...
... garden ; though they are of a very different genus and species , and it requires a great deal of thought and study to see exactly where they are alike . In order to understand it at all , you must know exactly what each part of a plant ...
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... gardens in rubbish that has been thrown away . So botanists who try to find only true British native plants often get confused . But in all books on botany the snowdrop is now men- tioned as a British plant . Its botanical name ...
... gardens in rubbish that has been thrown away . So botanists who try to find only true British native plants often get confused . But in all books on botany the snowdrop is now men- tioned as a British plant . Its botanical name ...
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... gardens , and looks very lovely , when there are no other flowers in the early spring , with its beautiful pale red or purple flowers and bright scarlet berries . These berries are poisonous to men and animals , but not so to birds ...
... gardens , and looks very lovely , when there are no other flowers in the early spring , with its beautiful pale red or purple flowers and bright scarlet berries . These berries are poisonous to men and animals , but not so to birds ...
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... gardens into queer shapes , and keep them clipped so . In the College garden at Oxford , where Uncle Forbes lives , there are several such funny - looking trees ; but I don't think them nearly so pretty as trees allowed to grow ...
... gardens into queer shapes , and keep them clipped so . In the College garden at Oxford , where Uncle Forbes lives , there are several such funny - looking trees ; but I don't think them nearly so pretty as trees allowed to grow ...
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... schoolroom , I think the weights would be very nice to use . Alice can make them by getting the gardener to give her two bricks , and then covering How to preserve Plants . 55 them with red baize 54 Talks about Plants .
... schoolroom , I think the weights would be very nice to use . Alice can make them by getting the gardener to give her two bricks , and then covering How to preserve Plants . 55 them with red baize 54 Talks about Plants .
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