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clear to the reader that the proper study of this plant requires 

 the cultivation of specimens throughout the year, and their 

 examination at various seasons. If this is done systematically, 

 and records and drawings kept, the description given above, 

 which only deals with the main points, may be greatly amplified, 

 and material for an interesting course of Nature Study lessons 

 accumulated. 



