PICKEREL-WEED 



side or pond. The plant still stands in its ancient home, but of 

 late years it has also come into the water-garden and made the 

 acquaintance of civilization. It is an interesting creature, lifting 



Pickerel-weed. Ponledkia cordata 



up above the water and the weeds one large, blunt arrowhead of a 

 leaf on a stem crowned with a showy spike of bright-blue ephemeral 

 blossoms — blue from tip to toe — perianth blue', filaments, an- 

 thers, and style, all blue — with but one tiny dash of yellow within 

 each open cup. 



The flowering season is long, beginning in June, and October 

 is toward its close before the end comes. 



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