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... pretty flowers which they loved to gather than the bare names by which they are called . I cannot think , as some say they do , that a further acquaintance with the structure and habits of a plant destroys its poetical associations or ...
... pretty flowers which they loved to gather than the bare names by which they are called . I cannot think , as some say they do , that a further acquaintance with the structure and habits of a plant destroys its poetical associations or ...
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... pretty flowers when you were here before . So now we can't have our ' talks ' about them as we did then . What shall we do ? GRANNY . - I think we can find plenty to talk about , Harry , even without fresh living flowers ; for see , I ...
... pretty flowers when you were here before . So now we can't have our ' talks ' about them as we did then . What shall we do ? GRANNY . - I think we can find plenty to talk about , Harry , even without fresh living flowers ; for see , I ...
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... pretty little mosses that grow on the old walls ; and see on this bit of stick which you brought me to - day , there are growing two tiny living plants called lichens . With my large magni- fying glass you can see how beautiful they are ...
... pretty little mosses that grow on the old walls ; and see on this bit of stick which you brought me to - day , there are growing two tiny living plants called lichens . With my large magni- fying glass you can see how beautiful they are ...
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... . The flower is so pretty , I should like to talk about that . GRANNY . - Well , now , we will have both . Here is a snowdrop for each of you , and a Exogens and Endogens . bit of yellow gorse . 29 28 Talks about Plants .
... . The flower is so pretty , I should like to talk about that . GRANNY . - Well , now , we will have both . Here is a snowdrop for each of you , and a Exogens and Endogens . bit of yellow gorse . 29 28 Talks about Plants .
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... pretty . Its own private name , or specific name , as the botanists say , is Perennis , which means always , from spring to autumn . So its name , as botanists know it , is Bellis perennis , and we call it the day's eye or daisy . The ...
... pretty . Its own private name , or specific name , as the botanists say , is Perennis , which means always , from spring to autumn . So its name , as botanists know it , is Bellis perennis , and we call it the day's eye or daisy . The ...
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