Wet-footed Frogbit
So it was that, at the foot of the path that overlooked the artificial pond, there might be seen in its two rows woven of forget-me-nots and periwinkles, a natural crown, delicate and blue, encircling the chiaroscuro brow of water, and so it was that the sword lily, bending its blades with a regal abandon, extended over the eupatorium and wet-footed frogbit the ragged fleur-de-lis, violet and yellow, of its lacustrine scepter.
- SW, Davis trans., p. 139.
R - I owe you one for not having been able to share this last time, the relevance of the Botanical Gardens now being abundantly clear.
