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they were ^ [[insertion]] full of the [[/insertion]] wonders of river gardens. There are ^ [[insertion]] rising from the bottom [[/insertion]] long filaments that with the sun in the water look like threads of green & gold.  Then there are long sweeping dense masses lying in the shallows close along under the surface like [[strikethrough]] matted [[/strikethrough]] thick mermaids' hair - ^ [[insertion]] (?Vellisneria) [[/insertion]] that you have to shove the boat through - could almost better pole. The girls call it [[underline]] rhubarb sauce [[/underline]] & it must be confessed that for color & general appearance it is descriptive! From the bottoms of the deep pool long growths rise to the surface suggesting sea weeds & sea gardens, some of them slanting up toward the surface to bloom at the top. The purple bladderwort has a small but beautifully developed flower - with brightly colored throat to attract the insect whose visit is needed to perfect the cycle of its life.  Companies of these pretty delicate flowers at a bend of the river Mrs. N. calls battallions. Yellow bladderwort has beautiful [[image - drawing illustrating shape]] floating devices. White blossoms of Sagittaria stand on the bank. Some leaves broadly sagittate, some slender, narrow pointed skyward.  And the water plant lies on the surface - small oval leaves - with a spike raised like a head above the water. 

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