THE HYDKANGEAS. 



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plant in your hand," 

 said his father, " was 

 once very common in 

 the neighbourhood of 

 London ; hence its 

 name : but I have 

 heard it called ' Jeru- 

 salem stars, 7 and also 

 ' None-so-pretty.' You 

 will not expect to 

 hear that the showy 



HYDRANGEAS of the 



greenhouse are near 

 relations of the-e, and 

 form the next tribe." 



Mary had heard her 

 mamma say that in 

 Japan a species of hy- 

 drangea is dried, and 

 used as tea, which is so 

 much admired by the 

 inhabitants, that they 

 give it a name which 

 means "tea of Hea- 

 ven." Her father said 



PUKPLE LOOSE-STRIFE. 



