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vigorously throughout the season. They are 

 large and flat, well adapted to getting the most 

 benefit from the light that reaches the shady sur- 

 face on which they live ; and they are continually 



DUTCHMAN'S BREECHES 







storing up, in the large, fleshy rootstocks below, 

 material for future growth. It is on account of 

 this preparation that the plant is able to push up 

 its blossoms so quickly in the spring. 



The origin of the common as well as of the 



