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the south it often abounds as much as in the bays and 

 inlets of pellucid Alpine lakes. I have never seen it 

 in greater perfection than at Llynsavaddon, and 

 entirely filling some of the inner pools of Cromlyn 

 Morass, near Swansea, where the morning air is 

 loaded with its fragrance. 



{t Know that the lilies have spread their bells 

 O'er all the pools in our forest dells ; 

 Stilly and lightly their vases rest 

 On the quivering sleep of the water's breast, 

 Catching the sunshine through leaves that throw 

 To their scented bosoms an emerald glow."* 



Many of the pools in Shropshire are beautiful with 

 the white "Water-lily, and the tributaries of Father 

 Thames himself, in Oxfordshire and Berkshire, rejoice 

 in its adornment, and even nearer London the sleepy 

 Brent in its retired windings about Perivale, can show 

 spots of lilied beauty under arching boughs, charming 

 as any fairy could desire to sport in. 



The yellow Water-lily (Nuphar luted), though not 

 assuming the magnificence of her sister and sovereign, 

 yet, as I have observed above, is often in her train, 

 and even when seen alone in retired brooks, spreading 

 its golden orbs upon the dimpling wave, forms by no 

 means an unattractive object ; but is really beautiful 

 when associated with the light purple flowers of the 

 curious Arrow-head (Sagittaria sagittifolia) , the co- 

 rymbs of the great Willow-herb (JEpilobium hirsutum), 

 or the rich masses of deep purple formed by the 

 spikes of the purple Loose-strife (Lytlirum salicaria). 



The Lotos or Water-lily of Egypt (Nymphcea lotus), 

 was anciently much celebrated in the East, and was 

 consecrated as the peculiar flower of the sun, who was 



* Mrs. HBMANS. 

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