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06/21/2013

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Sarasota News Leader June 21, 2013 In the early 1900s, naturalist Mary Francis Baker ran across orchids while gathering material for her book, Florida Wild Flowers. "The very word orchid calls up suggestions of grace and of grotesqueness, of strange beauty and uncanny mimicry. In extravagant variety of form the flowers rival all others," she wrote. Thankful to find them at Jelks, we are charmed by their "grace" on this beautiful day in June. % Myakka River at the Preserve. Dr. Mary Jelks. Page 69

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