. . s Garden, andNeltje Blanchan, its author, writes as follows regardingthose species of the marsh pinks that are confined to thevicinity of the Atlantic Ocean: Three exquisite membersof the Sabbatia tribe keep close to the Atlantic Coast insalt meadows and marshes, along the borders of brackishrivers, and, very rarely, in the sand at the edges of fresh-water ponds a little way inland. From Maine to Floridathey range, and less frequently are met along the shoresof the Gulf of Mexico so far as Louisiana. How brightand dainty they are
. . s Garden, andNeltje Blanchan, its author, writes as follows regardingthose species of the marsh pinks that are confined to thevicinity of the Atlantic Ocean: Three exquisite membersof the Sabbatia tribe keep close to the Atlantic Coast insalt meadows and marshes, along the borders of brackishrivers, and, very rarely, in the sand at the edges of fresh-water ponds a little way inland. From Maine to Floridathey range, and less frequently are met along the shoresof the Gulf of Mexico so far as Louisiana. How brightand dainty they are! Whole meadows are radiant withtheir blushing loveliness. THE ARROW HEAD The Arrow Head is one of our most familiar plants,quite as well known because of its beautiful arrow-shapedleaves as for its showy white flowers. It is interesting andconspicuous among the rushes and sedges that abound inthe sluggish waters that border lakes and streams. Itmust Jiave sunshine and well illustrates the words of Tho-reau: Rivers and lakes are the great protectors of plants. FLOWERS 97 against the aggressions of the forest, by their annual riseand fall keeping open a naiTOw strip where these more deli-cate plants have light and space in which to grow. There are about twenty-five species of the genus Sagit-taria, to which the plant of our illustration belongs. Theseinhabit both temperate and tropical regions. When thearrow head grows in water leaves are produced under waterthat do not have the arrow shape. These are not producedon those plants that grow on wet, muddy banks. Two kinds of flowers are produced by this plant — themale and the female. The male flowers are the large whiteones with a golden center formed by the group of yellowstamens. The female flowers are lower on the flower stalkand are dull green and unattractive. THE BLACK COHOSH The Black Cohosh, or Black Snakeroot, grows in richwoods from Canada nearly to the Gulf of Mexico. It isa conspicuous plant, with its long stem, whic
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