Wild Flowers Worth Knowing, by Neltje Blanchan, Part 2
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
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Macberry Lily - The Flower of Chivalry, Says Ruskin
The name iris, meaning a deified rainbow which was given this group of plants by the ancients, shows a fine appreciation of their superb coloring and ethereal texture. How many beautiful foreign flowers, commonly grown in our gardens here, might soon become naturalized Americans? Were we only generous enough to lift a few plants, scatter a few seeds over our fences, into the fields and roadsides, to raise the bars of their prison as it were and let them free?
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