. Home studies in nature. Natural history. LIFE IN FLORIDA. 211 This work is all going on in the spring before the plant blossoms. It does not bloom until about the 1st of May. The flower is like the white pond-lily in form, but the inner surface of the petals is plain yellow, while the outer surface—as we often see in the white lily — is streaked with pink. It »»|. probably ripens '" **** K:i'1'""'""' seeds, but I stayed in Florida only long enough to see it in flower, and when I returned, late in autumn, I could find no seeds. The cut on page 208 represents a p
. Home studies in nature. Natural history. LIFE IN FLORIDA. 211 This work is all going on in the spring before the plant blossoms. It does not bloom until about the 1st of May. The flower is like the white pond-lily in form, but the inner surface of the petals is plain yellow, while the outer surface—as we often see in the white lily — is streaked with pink. It »»|. probably ripens '" **** K:i'1'""'""' seeds, but I stayed in Florida only long enough to see it in flower, and when I returned, late in autumn, I could find no seeds. The cut on page 208 represents a plant* soon after the old leaves have been cut down by frost. In December, 1876, the leaves all sud- denly disappeared from the surface of the water — the effects of a sharp frost — but in Janu- ary of the following year new ones reached the surface. The upper surface of these new leaves is beautifully variegated with dark purple, and light and dark shades of green, and sometimes yellow; the under surface is a deep purplish LEAF OF Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Treat, Mrs. Mary Lua Adelia (Davis) Allen, 1835-. New York, Harper & Brothers
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