[The Harvester by Gene Stratton Porter]@TWC D-Link bookThe Harvester CHAPTER XVIII 61/79
Now come out of that bed for a happy hour.
Where is that big coverlet? You are going on the veranda to-day." "You look just like every one else," complained Doctor Harmon. "You look perfectly lovely," declared the Girl. "The swale sends you this invitation to come and see star-shine at the foot of mullein hill," said the Harvester, offering a bouquet.
It was a loose bunch of long-stemmed, delicate flowers, each an inch across, and having five pearl-white petals lightly striped with pale green.
Five long gold anthers arose, and at their base gold stamens and a green pistil.
The leaves were heart-shaped and frosty, whitish-green, resembling felt.
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