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and request him to discontinue the nuisance! He 

 explained that the undesirable plant was there when 

 he took the house. He had done his best to eradicate 

 the mycelium, but the obstinate Cryptogam was more 

 than a match for the distinguished man of Science. 



Fig. 90. FROND OF CHEILANTHES ODORA, THE SCENTED FERN. 



