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with erect habit, and blue flowers. The Sweet-flag 

 will be associated with the Water Iris (I. Pseudacorus), 

 and a number of exotic Irises will thrive in wet ground, 

 such as I. sibirica, ochreleuca, graminea, and others. 

 The Cape Pond Flower (Aponogeton distachyon) is 

 a native of the Cape of Good Hope, a singularly pretty 

 plant, which is hardy in our climate, and, from its 

 sweetness and curious beauty, a good plant to have. 

 It frequently succeeds in water not choked by weeds, 



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THE CAPE POND WEED in an English ditoli in winter. 



and wherever there are springs that tend to keep the 

 water a little warmer than usual it seems to thrive 

 in any part of the country. The Water Ranunculuses, 

 which sheet over our pools in spring and early summer 

 with such silvery beauty, are not worth an attempt at 

 cultivation, so rambling are they ; and the same applies 

 to not a few other things of interest. As beautiful as 

 any plant is the Water Violet (Hottonia palustris). It 

 occurs most frequently in the eastern and central 



