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Page 59
... flowers and suffered none harm . " As for the Hyacinths , they , too , sometimes come with insepa- rable companions , and there is only one among the eight whose existence and some of whose acts are credibly verified ; that is Saint ...
... flowers and suffered none harm . " As for the Hyacinths , they , too , sometimes come with insepa- rable companions , and there is only one among the eight whose existence and some of whose acts are credibly verified ; that is Saint ...
Page 66
... flowers , but now only a few plants were still in bloom : little gold - poppies , their yellow flowers no bigger than rue anemones ; a bush of white ratany , its tiny purplish - red pea flowers nested in the angular gray twigs and ...
... flowers , but now only a few plants were still in bloom : little gold - poppies , their yellow flowers no bigger than rue anemones ; a bush of white ratany , its tiny purplish - red pea flowers nested in the angular gray twigs and ...
Page 71
... flowering seasons . In the spring , they are covered with yellow bloom , and later in the season with small white fuzzy ... flowers , and brittle - bush or incienso , a greenish - gray floury - leaved shrub with a showy rounded crown of ...
... flowering seasons . In the spring , they are covered with yellow bloom , and later in the season with small white fuzzy ... flowers , and brittle - bush or incienso , a greenish - gray floury - leaved shrub with a showy rounded crown of ...
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