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HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. 



Forcing our boat through these immense lilies to 

 the shore, we land amid a tangled thicket of flower- 

 ing shrubs and vines. The beautiful snowdrop - tree 

 {Halesia diptera, L.), with its clusters or short racemes 





FLOWER OF HYMPHJSA. FLAVA. 



of pure white blossoms, is one of the first to reward us 

 for our effort. Myriads of insects are hovering about 

 the flowers with a loud humming noise, as if warning 

 us to beware of their anger. The yellow jasmine 

 (Gelsemium mnpervirens, Ait.) clambers over shrubs 



