44 WITH THE ISLAND BIRDS (ONCE. MORE: 
fine clumps of water chickweed, emerald 
green and dainty to the eye, shaded here and 
there by the free growing floating pondweed, 
with its pointed leaves. The plants will 
XVII: “THE COOL CLEAR “WATER RIPPEING INTO 
WAVELETS WHERE THE WOODED ARMLETS DO NOT 
STRETCH OUT FAR.’ 
soon be gay with numberless long-lasting red 
spikes of bloom. And flourishing more shyly, 
the large round leaves of the brandy bottle 
float ; they much resemble those the water- 
