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posed she oft.en lasted their flavor in the candy she 
bought at the shop in the village, for the old woman 
that made it, came every spring for a fresh supply 
of leaves. Mary observed that the Chequer-berry 
had two calyxes and two corollas on every germ, 
which was, she thought, quite a new thing among 
flowers. The Chequer-berry told her she believed 
it was thought quite remarkable that it took two 
flowers to make one berry, and she seemed much 
pleased to be thought remarkable ; but Mary liked 
her better for her sweet fragrance and taste, and her 
pretty flowers, than for being different from others, 
which was only curious, and otherwise of very little 
consequence. 
Mary did not care to hear the story of the woolly¬ 
leaved Mulleins. They did not look delicate enough 
to please her, and had formerly made her feel very 
uncomfortable when Charley rubbed the leaves upon 
