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SEA-SIDE PLANTS. 



situation it sends up its rigid erect stem in defiance 

 of wind and storm. It varies in height from two 

 feet or more." It is very ornamental to spots 



TREE MALLOW (Lavatera arborea). 



where it abounds, for it has large purplish rose- 

 coloured darkly veined flowers, shaped like those 

 of the common mallow of our fields, and darkening 



