THE GALIUM TEIBE. 



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" Then you already know a very striking mark 

 of the whole tribe, in which these whorls of leaves 

 growing on square 

 stems are, I believe, 

 universal. The most 

 important plants in it 

 are the different kinds 

 of madder, which af- 

 ford a valuable dye; 

 nevertheless, I dare say 

 Mary places " sweet 

 wood-ruff ' ' foremost, 

 because it makes her 

 wardrobe smell like 

 new-mown hay. Do 

 you remember, Henry, 

 the old-fashioned way 

 of spelling wood-ruff?" 



"Yes, papa, it is 

 this : Double u double 

 o double d e, R o double 

 u double / e, making 

 woodde - rowffe ; but 

 mamma says it was sometimes called wood-rowel, 

 because the leaves stand out round the stem like 

 the rowels of a SDUT." 



GOOSE-GRASS. 



