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OUR LAKES AND RIVERS, 



the Bur-reed, Sparganium ramosum, were very abun- 

 dant, as also the Gipsy Wort, Ly copies europceus. That 

 poisonous plant, the Water Drop-wort, (Enanthe crocata, 

 was very common on Ouse banks. 



MOON WORT (Botrychium lunaria}. 



Few pursuits are more pleasing than to sit upon 

 a river's bank and watch the varied animal and 



