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This little darling, though it must be sought for in bogs and 

 wet mossy places, will well repay the search, as it is most ele- 

 gant in appearance and curious in structure. Its height is not 

 more than three or four inches, and it has no stem except that 

 which supports the flowers. The leaves all rise direct from the 

 root, are stalked, round, and spread close on the ground ; 

 when young, they are rolled up and pinkish when open, green 

 and covered with red hairs ; at the end of every one of which 

 is a small drop of a red sticky juice, that seems like a drop of 

 dew, and as this is not dried up by the sun's heat, the plant is 

 called Sun-dew. It is also often named the English Fly Trap, 

 for when the poor little flies settle upon the leaves they are 

 caught by the sticky juice, and in this state may be often found 

 either already dead, or struggling to get free. The flowers are 

 white, of five petals, several on a stalk, and seldom seen open, 

 except for a very little time in the middle of the day. This 

 elegant and curious plant, growing in the swamps and fens, 

 where it is unseen till sought for, and where it raises its modest 

 milk-white flowers to the sun, drinking the dew, and catching 

 the insects as if for food, would remind us of contented 

 industry, striving with poverty, yet cheered by hope. 



" By the lone fountain's sacred bed, 

 Where human footsteps rarely tread, 

 Mid the wild moor, or silent glen, 

 The Sun-dew blooms, unseen by men, 

 Spreads there her leaf of rosy hue, 

 A chalice for the morning dew. 



' Wouldst thou that to thy lot were given, 

 Thus to receive the dews of Heaven, 

 With heart prepared, like this meek flower, 

 Come then, and hail the dawning hour, 

 And, bending, seek in earnest prayer, 

 The gift of heavenly grace to share." S. Waring. 



O. S. Long-Leaved Sun-dew and Great Sun-clew, both with longer 

 eaves, but growing in similar places and equally curious. 



