Strange London Plant
Botanists are watching areas of bomb-scarred and fire-scorched soil in London to see if the famous London rocket, a two-foot plant with whitish, four-petalled flowers, will make its first appearance in something over 270 years, says the “Seed World,” London. This wild plant sprang up abundantly in the ruins after the Great Fire of 1666, which devastated the city when it was much i smaller than it is now.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32423, 26 April 1944, Page 8
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72Strange London Plant Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32423, 26 April 1944, Page 8
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