98 THE MUSIC OF WILD FLOWERS 



now disappeared from all these localities and must, it is 

 feared, be included among our extinct, or nearly extinct, 

 species. Still, with such striking plants as the sea- 

 poppy, the seakale or colewort, the sea-spurge, and 

 the sea-pea and, it may be added, the sea-holly, which, 

 while more at home on the sand-dunes, does not dis- 

 dain the pebbles of the beach, the members of our 

 shingle flora need not fear comparison with species that 

 favour more sheltered situations. 



