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wholly unlike at the first glance may be first 

 cousins." 



Meanwhile Mr. Ah-mo had disappeared in a 

 great white foxglove bell, but he soon backed 

 out again, smothered in gold dust. 



" Please tell me the names of other flowers that 

 belong to the Rose Family, and which one of them 

 is the ruler." 



" The Rose herself is the Queen," said Gitche- 

 ah-mo, in his rich bass voice, " and her brothers, 

 the Plum and the Pear, help her. There is a 

 great deal to be done in this household, and some 

 members of it are busy in the Flower Market 

 from Cherry time until the Moon of Falling 

 Leaves. The best garden fruits belong to this 

 family, the cherry, and his wild mates, the 

 apple, quince, pear, plum, strawberry, raspberry, 

 blackberry, arid beside these fruits, the thorns 

 and other flowering shrubs." 



" / think it ought to be called the jam family," 

 cried Tommy-Anne, clapping her hands at the 

 idea. " I don't wonder that you roses hold your 

 heads so high," said she, to the big bush nearest 

 to her. " I'm very much obliged to you, I'm 

 sure, Madam Rose, for having so many lovely 

 children, and cousins, and brothers, and nephews, 

 and nieces ; why, we could have a whole garden 



