Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . s,I found Sabbatia. As a lover fond,Flying the mistress of his heart to greet,Forgets the world in reading her sweet eyes,And cries, For me God makes a Paradise! So, sitting happy at Sabbatias feet,Bathed in the sunshine of her rosy smile,I murmured, Twas for me she grew so fair! For answer, lightly glided here and thereA blue-winged dragon-fly; a bird the whileTrilled one clear note; tall rushes stirred, and nearI caught the glisten of a sundews tear. —Emily S. Forman. CHAPTER VII HERE could be nobetter description ofthe home of the Sab-batia gracilis on Nan-tuc
Boggy solitudes of Nantucket . s,I found Sabbatia. As a lover fond,Flying the mistress of his heart to greet,Forgets the world in reading her sweet eyes,And cries, For me God makes a Paradise! So, sitting happy at Sabbatias feet,Bathed in the sunshine of her rosy smile,I murmured, Twas for me she grew so fair! For answer, lightly glided here and thereA blue-winged dragon-fly; a bird the whileTrilled one clear note; tall rushes stirred, and nearI caught the glisten of a sundews tear. —Emily S. Forman. CHAPTER VII HERE could be nobetter description ofthe home of the Sab-batia gracilis on Nan-tucket, this dainty lit-tle rose-pink memberof the gentien are occasionallywhite, but generallythere are four pinkpetals of the solitaryblossom, three-quar-ters of an inch in diameter, on long pe-duncles at ends of branches, while in thecenter of each is a greenish star. The slen-der, tapering, almost thread-like, light-greenleaves clasp the stem. This plant loves saltmarshes. The little pond in the hollow of low 71. n BOGGY SOLITUDES OF NANTUCKET rounded hills was blue with pickerel wxed,whose great spikes of ragged blue flowersamong the arrow-shaped leaves made a royaldisplay. On the edge of the pond sundewmingled with the ferns and mosses, while onthe hillsides huckleberries were fast ripening,and the flaming torch of the wood lily flaredup here and there, making a vivid picture. This Philadelphia lily is said to be the onewith which the raiment of Solomon in all hisglory could not compare. Usually foundgrowing singly, at the summit of the stemsometimes there will be two, three, or evenfour. The sun^ however hot, does not wilt it,for it thrives in the heat. The lily family isknown by its regular symmetrical flowers. Al-most always its floral envelope is a perianth ofsix equal parts, white or gaily colored, rarelygreen, but always graceful and lovely. Inmany otherwise waste places are seen theorange flame of the Turks cap lily, standingsix feet high, from three to
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