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Americana) shields itself from prying eyes ; and in the fields on the 

 hillsides rising from its waters, we find the pimpernel {A^iagallis 

 arve7isis) and the corn cockle {Lychnis git/iago) . The fringed polygala 

 {Polygala pauci folia) grows abundantly on Greenwood Hill. The 

 maiden hair fern is no longer found in Gardner, but still flourishes in 

 some favored spots in Tenipleton. The wood anemone {Ancjuone 

 nemorosa), the "wind-flower," grows in great abundance in the low 

 land near the pail factor}'; the European hawkweed {Hicracium auran- 

 tiacuvi), "the devil's paint-brush," may be found on the roads to the 

 east, and the rhodora {Rhododendron rhodora), brilliantly beautiful in 

 its purple brightness, may be found on every hill and in every swamp. 

 On one road to the north is a quarter-acre lot that is fairly covered with 

 these bushes, every one a mass of color, in the spring. The beautiful 

 white fringed orchis {Habcnaria blephariglottis) lines the edge of one 

 swamp on East street, and is found in several others. Beech-drops, a 

 curious parasite ( Epiphegus Virginiana ) are abundant in the woods 

 by Crystal Lake. 



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