Word: maidenhair
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Dates: during 1896-1896
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...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...