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Arrow-head. The little water plant called arrow- 



Hagittaria variabilis, j^g^jj blooms ill Slimmer bcside 

 streamlets and good-sized rivers, where it chooses a 

 locality of a secluded and muddy 

 nature ; consequently it is rather 

 inaccessible. It is too beautiful, 

 though, to neglect on account of 

 its surroundings ; the extreme 

 delicacy of its three-petaled blos- 

 som can scarcely be equaled by 

 any other wild flower. It is well 

 adapted to decorative design, and 

 one of the handsomest effects of 

 coloring may be produced in silk 

 embroidery by representing the 

 beautiful leaf in various shades 

 of green on a water-blue ground, 

 with the graceful, white flower- 

 spikes plentifully woven in be- 

 tween the leaves. 



Sabbatia. One of our most 



Sahhatia cMoroides. beautiful Eastern 

 wild flowers is Sahhatia chloroi- 

 des ; its corolla is magenta-pink, 

 and commonly has eight divisions. # liW 1^ 

 It frequents the edges of ponds, 

 and blooms in summer. Arrow-head. 



