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the marsh-marigold, than whose glossy foliage 

 nothing could be a lovelier, livelier green ! A 

 " g a y glabrous green, with glazed and brilliant 

 yellow flowers," the publication that reviled the 

 Trillium describes it very prettily and correctly. 

 The Caltha is common to France also, and a 

 Frenchman can always paint a French flower 

 artistically, whether a wildling or a duplicate 

 new rose. There exists a double variety, and 

 also a white Caltha, a Californian species. The 

 water-ranunculus (R. aquatilis) is a common 

 American plant. It grows submerged, and floats 

 a shabby little white flower on the surface of the 

 water. Concerning the color of its foliage, which 

 Hamerton extols, a botanical friend suggests 

 that artists are apt to be enthusiastic about tri- 

 fling differences which ordinary mortals do not 

 notice. Of the tenants of the brooks and streams, 

 the greens of the common marsh or water cress 

 can scarcely be exceeded in beauty when sway- 

 ing with every motion of the current. Do not 

 imagine, because the Caltha grows so abundant- 

 ly in the wet places, that it is easily cultivated, 

 unless you possess the luxury of a bog-garden 

 or a running stream for it to wade in, when you 

 may naturalize it to your heart's content. One 

 always wishes to transplant these water-loving 

 flowers, they look so cool and seem to grow so 



