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Show ' European "Holy Crass" Sweet-gruss, or vanilla grass, is the holy grass of Europe, whirh Is strewn before churches and religious processions. proces-sions. It Is the material from which the Indians of the St. LHwrence region re-gion 'weave, when dry. their thln-walled thln-walled baskets, find which, when made of the genuine grass, retain an odor of new-mown hay Indefinitely. Arutlify sweet grass does not In the least resemble Brass, having whirls and white Hnwers like tiny stars In symes. When dried. It Is fragrant, however. The name Is given, also, to certain other plants, most of which are fragrant, fra-grant, especially In drying. A sweet, vernal grass is found In fields and meadows over nearly the whole of America. |