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The Harvester

CHAPTER XIX
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The woods of Ohio and Indiana produce the finest that ever grew, but it is so nearly extinct now that the trade can be supplied by cultivation only.

I suspect I'm responsible for its disappearance around here.

I used to get a dollar fifty a pound, and most of my clothes and books when a boy I owe to it.

Now I get two for my finest grade; that accounts for the size of these beds." "It's pretty!" said the Girl, studying a plant averaging a foot in height.

On a slender, round, purplish stem arose one big, rough leaf, heavily veined, and having from five to nine lobes.


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