336 SUMMER 



thick, glassy growth, but the stems are blunt and clubbed, 

 and there is no disc of white flower. Its interest is borrowed 

 from the reputation of its namesake, and it is among the 

 duller plants of the shore, like the sea spinaches, beneath 

 which the clouded yellow butterflies cling on first crossing 

 the sea. 



HERON 



