THE IVY TRIBE. 



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tribe," said their father, pointing to the ivy on the 

 garden wall. " The IVY tribe is generally more 



woody of growth, and more harmless in qualities 

 than its neighbour; many of the families are 

 tropical, and one of them produces the ginseng 

 root, so much prized by the Chinese for its warm 

 and pleasant flavour, but which you must not con- 

 found with ginger. In the ivy tribe is Mary's 

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