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Boston.- Opera in English. Mon., Wed., and Fri., evenings and Wed. mat., "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief;" Tues., Thu. and Sat. evenings and "Il Trovator...
Boston.- Opera in English. Mon., Wed., and Fri., evenings and Wed. mat., "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief;" Tues., Thu. and Sat. evenings and "Il Trovator...
...central section of the gardens is filled with palms of all sorts which grow in almost tropical luxuriance up to the very roof. The next division is devoted to ferns, from the lace-like maidenhair of our climate up to the rank growth of tropical varieties. In a third, nothing but varieties of cacti are found, growing in all shapes imaginable...
...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...
...Year's Day coming round, Sir Gawain proceeds to the "Green Chapel," where he finds the green knight. The latter strikes, but the axe only makes a slight scratch on Sir Gawain's neck, because it is protected by the green lace. Thereupon the green knight reveals his identity with the lord of the castle and says that the visits of his wife to Sir Gawain's bed chamber were but to try his purity...