birch-box

Updated: May 22, 2025

There are other plants of the same family, with pods full of fine shining silk; but these are too brittle to spin into thread. But while Mrs. Frazer was talking about these plants, the little lady was examining the contents of the small birch-box. "If you please, nurse, will you tell me what these dark shining seeds are?" "These seeds, my dear, are Indian rice; an old squaw, Mrs.

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill - Lady Mary and her Nurse

There are other plants of the same family, with pods full of fine shining silk; but these are too brittle to spin into thread. But while Mrs. Frazer was talking about these plants, the little lady was examining the contents of the small birch-box. "If you please, nurse, will you tell me what these dark shining seeds are?" "These seeds, my dear, are Indian rice; an old squaw, Mrs.

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill - In the Forest : Or, pictures of life and scenery in the woods of Canada