Word: crocus
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...evolution. Professor Huxley complimented the Bostonians on their century's work, emphasized the need for instructing the public in natural history. To illustrate how interested laymen are in animals, he said that in a radio address he had mentioned the strange habit English sparrows have of pecking at crocuses in some districts, spurning them in others. Shortly after he received letters from 200 people giving him information on the sparrow-crocus problem...