30 PLANTS GROWING IN WATER. 



river. Many believe from this custom that it is the nelumbo 

 that is alluded to in Ecclesiastes xi. i : " Cast thy bread upon 

 the water : for thou shalt find it after many days." 



COMMON WHITE WATER CROWFOOT. {Plate F.) 



Batrachiwn trie hop hylliDU. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Crowfoot. White. Scentless, General. All summer. 



Flowers : small ; terminal. Calyx : of five sepals. Corolla : of five white, 

 rounded petals that turn yellow at the base. Stajfiens : numerous. Pistils : 

 numerous, arranged in a head. Styles : short and broad. Leaves : submerged ; 

 finely dissected. 



YELLOW WATER CROWFOOT. {Plate V.) 



Ra n ihi cuius delph in ifbliiis. 



The yellow water crowfoot is very similar in appearance to 

 the white one, only its bright petals are larger. In fact, they 

 closely resemble those of the field buttercup. The submerged 

 leaves are cleft into hair-like segments ; those above the water 

 are reniform and parted into from three to five divisions. 



The slow, shallow water of ponds and ditches is the home of 

 these pretty plants. At the approach of cold weather they 

 sink to the bottom and lie dormant until the warm sun of May 

 coaxes them to raise their tender blossoms to the surface. 



WATER HEMLOCK. {Plate VI) 



Cicuta maculata. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Parsley. White. Scentless. Mostly north, west and south. All summer. 



Flowers: minute ; numerous; growing in loose, compound umbels. Leaves: 

 compound, the leaflets deeply toothed, or lobed ; veined. Stem : three to eight 

 feet high ; hollow ; streaked with purple. Roots : highly poisonous. 



It is unfortunate that so many common names have been be- 

 stowed upon this unworthy plant, which is known as spotted 

 cowbane, beaver poison, musquash root, sneezeweed and child- 

 ren's bane. They serve rather to prevent its becoming generally 



