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that the dead bodies of the flies gave nourishment 
to the plant. “ In Canada,” she continued, “ our 
flowers are made into sugar. The Frenchmen 
gather us in the early morning before the dew is 
dried by the sun, and from our seeds they take the 
cotton to make soft sleeping places at night. We 
are sometimes called Swallow-wort, because our 
seeds look like flying swallows. And can you tell 
me, little girl, why it is worse for us to catch flies 
than for men to shoot the merry swallows ? They 
will all go away next month, and I wish they could 
be allowed to fly about in peace and bid us good 
bye quietly. I see that you do not like us very 
well, but I can forgive your kind heart, for I have 
some sweetness in mine ; and that you may not be 
poisoned by any of the flowers you will find this 
warm month, I will tell you that you may generally 
know us by our five stamens and umbelled flower- 
