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purple blossomsof the monkey-flower. The path 



of the slow stream is defined by the bright arrou in... 

 shaped leaves and spotless gold-centred flowers 



of the arrow-head. About the upper pari oi their 

 stems are clustered the male blossoms, their thi 

 snowy petals surrounding- the yellow stamens, the 



rather ugly female flowers with their dull gr< 

 centres occupying a less conspicuous position be- 

 low. This is only in some cases, however; at 

 times the staminate and pistillate blossoms are 

 found on separate plants. 



The edges of the pond are blue with the Long, 

 close spikes of the pickerel-weed. Over the thick- 

 ets on its shore the clematis has flung a veil oi Tt 

 feathery white. A tangle of golden threads with 

 little bunched white flowers shows that the dodder 

 is at its old game of living on its more self-reliant 

 neighbors. From erect, finger-like clusters comes 

 the sweet, spicy breath of the Clcthra. 



Where the white dust of the road powders the 

 wayside plants, rise the coarse stalks of the even- Tb$ 

 ing primrose. These are hung with faded-look- 

 ing flowers whose unsuspectedly fragrant pet- 

 als gleamed through the moonlit darkness of last 

 night. Among them we find a fragile, canary- 

 yellow blossom which has been unable to el 

 because the pink night-moth, which is the plant's 

 regular visitor, is so overcome with sleep, 01 



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