Word: fines
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...greenhouse there are many rare and curious plants. One of the most interesting of these is a lace leaf plant from Madagascar, so called because its leaves are mere skeletons and look very much like a fine green lace. Among other plants in bloom is a butterfly orchid and a curious plant called the Holy Ghost plant, whose bloom resembles a tiny dove...
...other very interesting plants are the sensitive plant and the telegraph plant. The former has very fine leaves which if touched by the hand will immediately fold themselves up and draw away from the disturber. The latter has very fine leaves which in very warm weather keep up a continual motion which seems like the motion of a telegraph sounder...
Pote took Scannell's place behind the bat and easily carried off the honors of the afternoon by his fine work. His catching and throwing were fully up to Scannell's standard, and in batting he led the team with two sharp singles and a long three-bagger. After the game he was tried at shortstop in fielding practice and did remarkably well. He certainly seems to be too good a player to be kept as a substitute...
...Princeton, Bradley and Wheeler fielded well and Easton pitched in fine style until the eighth inning when he grew careless...
...Harvard's half Haughton and Stevenson flied out to Gunster, and then Paine, T. Stevenson and Vincent were sent to first on balls. Dean's fine single to left sent the first two over, and Vincent and Dean scored on Gunster's error of Scannell's hit. Scannell crossed the plate on Burgess's single, Burgess scoring on Clarkson's clean two bagger. Ward ended the inning by throwing Haughton out at first...