THE YELLOW FLAG 



IRIS PSEUDACORUS 



FLOWER of the waters, crowned with gold, 

 above -the green dwellers by the shore," 

 the Yellow Flag stood in full flower. To Richard 

 Jefferies, as he pushed his way through the tall 



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a, sepal, b, petal, c, stamen, d, stigma. 



growth, " the marsh seemed ht up with these bright 



lamps of gold under the shadowy willows and dark 



alders." Of aU the plants that grow wild in our 



land there is none that can rival in stately beauty 



this native representative of the Irises. Its long, 

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