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their salt spray to great distances, numerous 

 flowers and shrubs flourish which strictly belong 

 to the country; and to do more than refer to 

 these would be to pass beyond the limits assigned 

 to a book which treats of the productions of the 

 sea-shore. Without going beyond those limits, 

 we have pointed out a large number of plants and 

 flowers, many of them of much beauty, and all of 

 them of much interest to the student of nature, 

 and the characters of all of which may be easily 

 discovered by the aid of a botanical treatise, if our 

 brief description shall be insufficient. Every part 

 of the coast has its peculiar features and produc- 

 tions ; and whether the sea-shore be bounded by 

 rocks and cliffs, or consists of level sands, the in- 

 vestigfction of the botany of the particular districts 

 can hardly fail to have many claims for the eye, 

 and to suggest many lessons to the mind, of the 

 contemplative observer. 



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