deep hued, so delicate, one feels tempted to lie 
down among the pale grasses and rose stars in 
the sunshine of the August morning and drink 
his fill of their beauty.” 
The Sabbatia does not grow in the vicinity of 
Pine Hills. It is distinctly a shore plant. In- 
deed, I should be pleased to introduce the class 
to it, as seen growing about Monmouth, but the 
most I can do this year will be to present dried 
specimens at our next meeting. Its name, Sab- 
batia, was given for Sabbatia, the botanist, but 
many of the Modern Pilgrims of our New Eng- 
land States prefer to think its name due to the 
belief that the Plymouth Pilgrims first saw the 
flower on Sabbath day. 
The Rose Mallow. 
The rose or marsh mallow is now the conspic- 
uous flower of the salt marshes. It should be 
better known in these days of summer migration. 
It blooms from July to early autumn all along 
the Atlantic coast. Wherever the air has a salt 
tang the rose mallow grows and flowers pro- 
fusely. It bears transplanting, and does ex- 
tremely well when transferred to inland gardens, 
though the flowers are not so large or deep in 
color. It is very hardy, and will endure much 
rcugh treatment and neglect. The class will re- 
member the plant growing in the garden at 44 
South Allen street. This plant was left by mis- 
take one whole season on the garden bank without 
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