THRIFT 



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plant, _cjro\vincr on Cambri.iii aiul Siluiian aiul oiIkt rocks, ami is also 

 a sunil-lovin<;- plant oro\viii<,^- on a s.uul soil. 



Like Sea Lax'endcr it is attacked by a tunyjus, i'romvus liiiioiiii. 



A Tin sanopteroLis insect, Phlaothripi S/a//as, and three moths, 

 a Clearw in!4-, Scs/a Diiisci/oriiiis. Sir/ioris /i/foralts, liclaliiu hizclla, 

 feed upon Thrift. 



S/ii/ur, Dalechamps, is fiom the ('.icck name, denoting asiiini^cncy, 

 and the second Latin name relers to its habitat. 



Attractive as Thrift is. it is called Arbv, Cliff-rost-, C'lisliimi. l.aiU's 



Thrift [Slalice 



Mill.) 



or Sea Cushion, Cushion-pink, Marsh or Sea Daisy, Sea Ciilliflower, 

 Sea Grass, Lady's Pincushion, Pink, I'Vcnch Pink, Scawfell Pink, Sea 

 Pink, Ouishion, Rock Rose, Sea Turf, 1 hriti. .\s to the name Sea 

 Daisy, Scrope says: " Even the hills afford good pasture, and are 

 scattered over with the Sea Daisy and other plants ". Names com- 

 pounded with cushion all refer to the tufted habit of the plant. 



Thrift is astringent, hence its reputed use. Hut the princij)al value 

 of Thrift lies in its adaptation to the garden, where it is gnnvn as an 

 edging plant, and is very prolific. 



EssEXTF.M, Specific Ch.-\r.\cters: — 



197. S/(i//a' inantviia, Mill. — I'lowering stem a scape, leaves 

 radical, tufted, oblong, mucronate, tieshy, linear, veinetl, (lowers rose, in 

 round heads, with downy .scapes, and scari(jus in\ olucre, with scaly bracts. 



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