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they were named. They could be made into good 
oeer, and their large roots were used for medicine. 
The Gerardias said they too were useful to man, 
and that they were named from a dear old gentleman, 
who many, many long years ago, had a garden full 
of flowers of all sorts, whose lives he had written in 
a great book, which was full of pictures, and they 
thought their pictures must be there, since they 
were named from him. 
But the beautiful day was drawing to its close, and 
Mary returned with her mother, to close her eyes as 
the Pond-lilies closed theirs, till another day. As 
they returned through the meadow and opened 
the little garden gate, a sweet-scented Clover that 
stood near it was entangled in the hinge. The pres¬ 
sure of the leaves drew forth all its sweets, and Mary 
gathered a sprig to wear in her bosom, and then store 
it away in her favorite drawer, among her pret- 
