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boat, by which means we can visit the coves near home 

 which have escaped the eyes of the botanists who have 

 traversed the river's length in larger craft. 



Upon one of my first excursions in a row-boat I was 

 attracted to the nearest cove, where acres of the water 



NYMPIIJSA FI.AVA. 



were covered by a beautiful variegated leaf of a strange 

 water-lily, which bore a yellow flower. I saw it was a 

 nymphsea ; but its manner of growth and whole appear- 

 ance were so unlike our white water - lily {Nymphced 



