. Home studies in nature. Natural history. 208 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. boat, by which means we can visit the coves near home which have escaped the eyes of the botanists who have traversed the river's length in larger craft. Upon one of my first excursions in a row-boat I was attracted to the nearest cove, where acres of the water. NYMPIIJSA were covered by a beautiful variegated leaf of a strange water-lily, which bore a yellow flower. I saw it was a nymphsea; but its manner of growth and whole appear- ance were so unlike our white water - lily {Nymphced. Please note that these images
. Home studies in nature. Natural history. 208 HOME STUDIES IN NATURE. boat, by which means we can visit the coves near home which have escaped the eyes of the botanists who have traversed the river's length in larger craft. Upon one of my first excursions in a row-boat I was attracted to the nearest cove, where acres of the water. NYMPIIJSA were covered by a beautiful variegated leaf of a strange water-lily, which bore a yellow flower. I saw it was a nymphsea; but its manner of growth and whole appear- ance were so unlike our white water - lily {Nymphced. 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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