Early August 



me from Cape Cod. A less conspicuous 

 kind abounds in the rich soil of the in- 

 terior. 



Another abundant plant which is sure 

 to excite our interest is the sea-lavender. 

 Its small lavender - colored flowers are 

 spiked along one side of the leafless, 

 branching stems, giving a misty effect 

 which makes its other common name of 

 marsh rosemary seem peculiarly appropri- 

 ate, when we know that the title is de- 

 rived from the Latin for " sea-spray." 



Here, too, we find the mock bishop- 

 weed, one of the most delicate of the 

 Parsleys, with thread-like leaves and tiny 

 white flowers growing in bracted clusters, 

 the shape of which might suggest to the 

 imaginative a bishop's cap. Through 

 this veil of flower and foliage we spy the 

 pinkish stems, opposite, clasping leaves 

 and small flesh-colored blossoms of the 

 marsh St. John's-wort, an attractive plant 

 whose chief charm, perhaps, lies in its 

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