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AMONG: THE WILD FLOWERS: 
XXIV, 
Tue last days of August seem peculiarly the 
time for some separate notice of AquaTic and 
WATERSIDE PLANTS; several genera not as yet 
described will thus gain attention, and the 
beautiful grouping of the plants, and the varied 
forms of them, will repay special observation. 
Nothing we read of foreign lands, including 
the tall and tangled growths on the banks of 
Amazon itself, seems to surpass the charming 
and often luxuriant fringe in which the slowly 
moving streams of our own Island rejoice. 
A walk by the river will show you the hand- 
some crowded stems of Hemp Agrimony, £z- 
patorium, with its dense corymbs of reddish- 
purple flowers and deeply divided leaves. A 
little higher on the banks are the plentiful 
bunches of yellow Ragwort, Sezecio; and 
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