PLANTS GROWING IN WATER. 



from home and her playmate, the oickerel t. . , 

 through a serene lake border or a smon 1 ^ ' u ' "" ^^^ 

 ent,ced .nto npholdmg her^^^n' heTr IS^^'she "'^ '^^ 

 With a troop of her comnanionc oii "^^^'^^^ess. She comes 



M.„, .„ .r,„ed J?,; rr., «• ,?? " r - -"* •• ■■"■ 



WATER STAR GRASS. 



Heteranthera diibia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR 



Picke„l.^.ed. Patey,ao„. ScenUes.. M.l^La TIME^OF BLOOM 



^.ZlZZlT"" "^-^^-^ -"=^"' bright flowers as they come to 

 the surface of some stream, we are reminded of a little waif 

 that has strayed far from home. The plant is one har s 

 rather uncommon. ' '^ 



WATER-HYACINTH. (^Plate VII.) 



Piaropus crdssipes. 



blue, having' also a yel ot s ot in he "e e ''rh^f ""f °'T """ '^''l"""'-'^ 



:?>St:f;e.trhi.s'-^£^^^^^^ 



the water is shairo^^, S|?;t"eflo'adng'^ ''"""''" '° "" Sround where 

 Lining the shores of the St. Johns River and many of the 

 lakesand sluggish streams in Florida, the water-hyacinth may be 

 seenm masses varying from fifty to several hundred feet wide 



