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A COMPOSITE FAMILY 



of a cold August storm before the next high tide 

 should reach its utmost sand mark. 



Not alone in Sunflower Lane and by the way- 

 sides do - the Composites throng; the beach-crest, 

 well within reach of the high storm tides, 

 has its colony also, where lives the suc- 

 culent Seaside Goldenrod which 

 may be easily identified by its 

 star - shaped flower -heads and 

 thick leaves. There the wheel 

 tracks in the road to the 

 beach cottages are outlined by 

 the evergreen - looking bushes 

 of White Wreath Aster 

 with bristling leaves and 

 crowded flowers, while on 

 the beach edge itself and on 

 drifted sand islands all through 

 the Sea Gardens the dark 

 wands of Blazing Star, set 

 with bright purple, thistle - 

 like flowers, lure one into the re- 

 gion where the Fragrant Everlasting 

 mingles with the purplish white flow- 

 ers of the dwarf Pine Starwort that 

 lodges in the grass, the leaves sugges- 



