Though the petrel is swift, the fri gate bird 1S * ar swifter. Seamen generally believe that the. frigate bird can start at daybreak with the trade winds 1 *1 here arc thousands of species of grasses. I. ike other plants, each thrives in surroundings which are particulary favourable to it. Many, of the grasses ot the inland, steppes and prairies are species different from those of the meadows and downs of Great bntani and Ireland near the seashore. 1 lie rose became the emblem of Pngland after the \\ ars of the Roses, when Ilenry \ 11. took as his device the. sign of Lancaster and York. 1 he 1 histle has been the emblem of Scotland since the eighth centurv. It is said to commemorate an unsuccessful night attack by the Danes on Stirling Castle. Their presence was revealed bv their crying on treading on thistles with their bare feet
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 1 April 1931, Page 6
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