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Woodruff (Asperula odorata, L.) 
This charming flower spreads its sweet odour of new-mown hay 
over the countries of the North Temperate Zone, in Europe, North 
Africa, Siberia, and Western Asia. It is not known earlier than the 
present day so far. In Great Britain Woodruff occurs generally, but 
Photo. Flatters & Garnett 
Wooprvrr (Asperula odorata, L.) 
not in Hunts, Mid Lancs, Isle of Man, Stirling, Mid Perth, N. Perth, 
the Hebrides, or the Orkneys. In Scotland it is found at a height 
of 1200 ft. 
Woodruff is entirely a woodland species, luxuriating in the shade 
under thickly-clustered trees or peeping from between them in the 
open pathways or rides. With it we may find Sweet Violet, Wood 
Sorrel, Strawberry, Honeysuckle, Primrose, Wood Loosestrife, Lung- 
wort, Wood Forget-me-not, and many other plants of the woods. 
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