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the flowers of the Blood Root, what a live- 

 ly, brilliant white. It has a fleshy tuberous 

 root, which, upon being wounded, discharges 

 a blood colored fluid, with which the Indians 

 stain themselves. 



M. Here is the Wild Anemone, which is so 

 fond of the shade ; I fear it will not succeed 

 well here. It does not make much show, but 

 its solitary, bell shaped flower, white, and ex- 

 ternally red or purplish, looks very modest, as 

 it rises from its low three leaved stem. 



H. Now we have looked at our plants here, 

 we will take a look at our bulbous roots before 

 school. 



M. As we go, will you get me a branch of 

 the willow on the brook, which I see is in 

 bloom. 



H. Here it is ; but in getting it I disturbed 

 a company of the song sparrow, or as it is gen- 

 erally called, the ground bird* 

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