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Identifier: birdsnature51907chic (find matches)
Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s. The garden species of iris arenumerous, nd by crossing have pro-duced a great many known only by gar-den names. The dwarf iris, /. pumila,from three to six inches high, flowersvery early and makes good edgings toborders; the common flower-de-luce ofthe gardens is /. Germanic a; the elder-scented flower-de-luce is /. sambucina.These and many others are-hardy in ourclimate, and readily multiplied by divi-sion of their rootstocks. The mourningor crape iris is one of the finest of thegenus, its flowers being very large, dot-ted and striped with purple on a grayground. The flowers of most of thespecies are beautiful. Some of themhave received much attention from flor-ists, particularly the Spanish, English,and German, or common iris, all corn-rooted species and all European. ThePersian iris is delightfully fragrant.The roots of all these species are an-nually exported in considerable quanti-ties from Holland. The roasted seedsof one species have been used as a sub-stitute for coffee. 56
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229 IRIS. COPYRIGHT 1899, DOUBLEDAY 4 MC CLURE CO., NEW YORK THE OWL. We know not alwayWho are kings by day,But the king of the night is the bold brown owl! I wonder why the folks putmy picture last in the book. Itcant be because they dont likeme, for Im sure I never botherthem. I dont eat the farmerscorn like the crow, and no oneever saw me quarrel with otherbirds. Maybe it is because I cantsing. Well, there are lots ofgood people that cant sing, andso there are lots of good birdsthat cant sing. Did you ever see any otherbird sit up as straight as I do?I couldnt sit up so straight if Ihadnt such long, sharp claws tohold on with. My V home is in the woods.Here we owls build our nests—most always in hollow trees. During the day I stay in thenest or sit on a limb. I dontlike day time for the light hurtsmy eyes, but when it begins togrow dark then I like to stiraround. All night long I am wide awake and fly about gettingfood for my little hungry ones.They sleep most of the dayand it ke

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  • booksubject:Birds
  • booksubject:Natural_history
  • bookpublisher:Chicago__Ill____A_W__Mumford__Publisher
  • bookcontributor:Smithsonian_Institution_Libraries
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  • bookleafnumber:76
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