Midsummer 



we rediscover it. It is found in rich, 

 low ground, reaching great perfection . in 

 some of the swampy places near the Con- 

 necticut shore of Long Island Sound. 

 It resembles somewhat the tiger - lily, 

 which was brought to us from Asia, and 

 which has escaped in hosts to the road- 

 side and marks the site of many a de- 

 serted homestead. 



However much we may revel in rich 

 color, it is restful, after a time, to turn 

 from these blazing children of the sun to 

 the green water-courses which are marked 

 by the white, pyramidal clusters and 

 graceful foliage of the tall meadow-rue. 

 On certain of these plants the flowers are 

 exquisitely delicate and feathery, while 

 on others they are comparatively coarse 

 and dull, A closer inspection reveals 

 that the former are the male, the latter 

 the female flowers. 



This distinction between the sexes, how- 

 ever, is less marked in the world of flow- 

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