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how much Ornithogalum nutans improves 

 when gathered and placed in water ? The 

 flowers open and stand up and become much 

 more delicate and satin-silvery." 



"Satin-silvery" is a most happy expres- 

 sion as applied to this exquisite flower. I 

 have been told that at Gatehampton, near 

 Streatley, this plant has been found in 

 quantities, wild, evidently an escape from 

 some garden. 



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