Early August 



foliage and coloring, as its flowers, al- 

 though pretty, are rather small and in- 

 conspicuous. 



Parts of the meadow are bright with 

 the oblong, clover-like heads of the milk- 

 wort. These seem to deepen in color 

 from day to day till finally they look al- 

 most red. They are closely related to the 

 lovely fringed polygala of the June woods, 

 and to the little moss-like species with 

 narrow leaves growing in circles about 

 its stem, and thick flower-heads of pur- 

 plish-pink, which can be found along the 

 inner borders of this same marsh. 



There is a hollow in the meadow which 

 is always too wet to be explored comfort- 

 ably without rubber boots, and which be- 

 comes at high tide a salt-water pond. Its 

 edges are guarded by ranks of tall swamp 

 mallows, whose great rose- colored flowers 

 flutter like banners in the breeze. Close 

 by are thickets turned pinkish -purple by 

 the dense flower - clusters of the largest 

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