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DATE: Friday, April 26, 1996                 TAG: 9604260035
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TAKE A SPRINGTIME WALK IN THE WOODS


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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  Admirers of Turk's-cap lilies (left) and other local 

flora will want to participate in this weekend's wildflower

pilgrimages sponsored by the Science Museum of Western Virginia.

Pilgrimages, now in their 27th year, are on Saturday and Sunday,

with guided wildflower and bird walks to welcome spring to the Blue

Ridge. The weekend begins tonight at 7 with a reception at the

science museum's Hopkins Planetarium in Center in the Square. For

further information, call the Science Museum of Western Virginia at

342-5727. color.

by CNB