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Line 10.
"She waved the Anthoxanthum in her hand."
Anthoxanthum odoratum.—Vernal Meadow Grass.
It is to this grass that hay owes its fine odour.
Page 88. Line 8.
"And brush the aphis,"&c.
Aphis, or Aphides.—These are the "myriads brushed from Russian wilds;" the blights, cankers, lice, or vermin, to use common phrases, that so often disfigure, and destroy the fairest vegetable productions.
Line 11.
"Of Lichen tough."
Lichen.—Of these many have forms of shields, when in fructification.
