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Fairy circles compass flower

Perfect circles of grass of more luxuriant growth than the surrounding & included prarie are among the phenomena of the West?, They vary in crossed out - size diameter from six to one hundred feet, and increase annually, by the seed falling outwards. They have been named "Fairy circles", & many hypothoses have been advanced as to their origin - some attribute them to the rolling of the buffalo. Others to the presence of a species of mushroom, which decaying, leaves the ground it occupied of richer quality than before.

Another wonder of the prarie is the compass-flower the leaves of which always grow from the stalk in a due north & south direction, proving an unerring guide to the lost wanderer on these pathless plains - It is known as the "rosin plant" & attains a height