40 ENGLISH WILD FLOWEBS. 



rock ; palu&tris of the marsh; maritima of the sea-shore; 

 arenaria signifies a plant of the sand. These apparently 

 simple explanations will smooth away some of the 

 difficulties which the scientific names possess. A willing 

 student will have no difficulty by the aid of this manual 

 in collecting, arranging, preserving, naming, and classi- 

 fying the wild flowers of spring, summer, autumn, and 

 winter, which I am about to describe. 



