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belting round the margin of a lake near a woody 

 recess, and before it, more towards the deep water, 

 a fine group of water lilies. The beauty of this 

 Villarsia is very insufiSciently developed in garden 

 waters. It is a charming little water plant, with 

 Nymphaea-like leaves and numerous golden-yellow 

 flowers, which furnish a charming effect on fine 

 days when the sun is " out." It is not very com- 

 monly distributed as a native plant, though where 

 found generally very plentiful, and not difficult to 

 obtain in gardens where aquatic plants are grown. 

 It is in all respects one of the most serviceable of 

 hardy water plants. 



Not rare — growing, in fact, in nearly all districts 

 of Britain — but exquisitely beautiful and singular 

 is the Buckbean or Marsh Trefoil, before alluded to, 

 with its flowers elegantly and singularly fringed on 

 the inside with white filaments, and the round un^ 

 opened buds, polished on the top with a rosy red 

 like that of an apple blossom. In early summer 

 when seen trailing on the soft ground near the 

 margin of a stream, this plant is very beautiful, and 

 should be grown in abundance in every piece of 

 ornamental water. It will grow in a bog or any moist 

 place, or by the margin of any water. Though a 

 rather frequent native plant, it is not half suffiicrently 



