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After traveling with this plant showing in the landscape almost 

 constantly for more than a thousand miles in many soils and at 

 many altitudes, I cannot help thinking that it is most appropri- 

 ately named. Common as it is, it is a beautiful plant and one 

 well worth cultivating in parts of the country where it has not 

 found a place for itself. 



If one pushes into the wilderness in any direction hereabouts 

 he is likely to soon come upon a lagoon or bayou of dark and 

 slow-moving or stagnant water. And almost certainly the sur- 

 face will be covered with the fat and thrifty plants of water hya- 

 cinth. It is difficult to realize that all their bulk has been taken 

 from the water and the air. Here they float in the bright sun- 

 shine, and send up their strong spikes of hyacinthine color. The 

 people call them water-lilies and they are handsome enough to 

 deserve the name. Albeit, the waterman considers them one of 

 the greatest pests; but those who have no desire to thread the 

 devious ways of the sluggish waters, — poets, artists and botan- 

 ists, — may well pause here on the banks for a second glance of 

 interest and admiration. 



PITCHER PLANT AND BUTTERWORT. 

 By Mrs. G. T. Drennan. 



Sarracena flava, the "sulphur colored pitcher plant," in local 

 nomenclature, grows in profusion along the Gulf coast, and is one 

 of our most interesting plants. The flowers are at least three 

 inches across, of silky texture and of the clearest light yellow 

 tint. They bloom with the greatest freedom, brightening the 

 grass, the moss or the fallen pine needles like sunshine. The 

 country people call — or rather mis-call — the flowers "buttercups," 

 though they in no wise resemble the true buttercups. 



There are "Butterworts" also growing among the pitcher 

 plants, and blooming at the same time, contrasting, as well as 

 blending harmoniously in yellow of richer, deeper tint. This 



