ACCORDING TO SEASON 



Sabbatia 



chloroides 



Sea- 

 lavender 



Mock 



bishop-weed 

 and marsh 

 St.Johri's- 

 wort 



in the mass. The five-parted corolla is of the 

 purest pink, with clear markings of red and yel- 

 low at its centre. As in the willow-herb or fire- 

 weed, the stamens and pistils mature at different 

 times, and self-fertilization is avoided. 



One peculiarly large and beautiful species is 

 Sabbatia chloroides. This is found bordering 

 brackish ponds along the coast. I have never 

 been so fortunate as to see it growing, but speci- 

 mens have been sent me from Cape Cod. A less 

 conspicuous kind abounds in the rich soil of the 

 interior. 



Another abundant plant which is sure to excite 

 our interest is the sea-lavender. Its small laven- 

 der-colored flowers are spiked along one side of 

 the leafless, branching stems, giving a misty ef- 

 fect which makes its other common name of 

 marsh rosemary seem peculiarly appropriate, 

 when we know that the title is derived from the 

 Latin for " sea-spray." 



Here, too, we find the mock bishop-weed, one 

 of the most delicate of the parsleys, with thread- 

 like leaves and tiny white flowers growing in bract- 

 ed clusters, the shape of which might suggest to 

 the imaginative a bishop's cap. Through this veil 

 of flower and foliage we spy the pinkish stems, 

 opposite, clasping leaves, and small flesh-colored 

 blossoms of the marsh St. John's-wort, an attrac- 



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