THE ANGLER'S SOUVENIR. 



JNow we coins to a number of plants which are 

 noticeable chiefly for their size. In July and 

 August tha aromatic odour of the hemp agrimony 

 greets us in moist woods, and by the river 

 margins. It is a tall and conspicuous plant, but 

 it certainly has no pretensions to good looks. Its 

 danse clusters of small flesh-coloured flowers are 

 supported on many-branched stems, three and 

 four feet high. The water-dropwort is common 

 enough in all ditches. Its umbels of flowers are 

 greanish-wlute, its stems are hollow, and it bears 

 angular fruits as large as marbles. 



The hemlock water-dropwort also forces itself 

 upon our attention by its size. It grows to three 

 and five feet in height, and on its much-branched 

 stain it bears large, broad, glossy leaflets, and large 

 umbals of white flowers, which appear in July. 

 It is very poisonous. Of a similar size is the 

 common comfrey, which has large, strongly-veined 

 leaves, and clusters of white, or greenish, or 

 pinkish, drooping bell-like flowers. Its fatem and 

 foliage are thickly beset with bristles. 



Every winter fisherman must have caught his 

 line in a certain tall bush, with rigid and dry 

 stems, which when broken are found to be quite 

 hollow. These are the dead plants of the water- 

 figwort, a large and ugly plant, with indented, 

 dull green leaves, and clusters of purplish-brown 

 flowers. The great water-dock, with its long 

 leaves drooping from its tall stem, is not un- 



