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marsh plants, this and various sedges — the round stemmed 

 monotypic sedge Dulicium arundinaceum and the lovely Cy- 

 periiis paniculatiis and a white Luzula {alhida) grow up to the 

 tension line, where the roses riot in the drier sand. 



Later in the season the Melastomaceae is represented by a 

 colony of the square stemmed Rhexia — {Rhexia virginica). This 

 is the only plant of the family that ever ventures so far north. 

 In late July and August this "meadow gift" makes this corner 

 of the world gorgeous, flaunting royal purple petals surmounted 

 by a showy crown of golden stamens. 



The red and russet leaves, the goldenrods and asters, keep 

 the autumn glorious and when winter comes the sedges are still 

 lovely. When the plums have lost their leaves the sea seems 

 nearer. The myrica branches and twigs are laden with fragrant 

 waxy berries. The cephalanthus with swaying coppery balls, 

 and the perfect tiny seed urns of Rhexia, rise above the water of 

 the submerged beach where Drosera and the other marsh plants 

 are no longer seen. 



Apologia. — New York City is creeping down Long Island 

 ten miles a year. Even our countryside is being "developed," 

 our quiet woods in many places are now full of summer bunga- 

 lows — here and there is a velvet, lawn-trimmed estate of a multi- 

 millionaire, — -where there are no houses as yet, there are signs 

 nailed to the trees, "This Land for Sale by such and such Realty 

 Company." 



"Lily Pond" has a sign but it still reads "Private Property, 

 no trespassing." The realtor is there also. I have seen him with 

 note book and pencil figuring the value of beauty in dollars and 

 cents and his engineers surveying the land to the water's edge. 

 At best it cannot be long before this favored spot is invaded by 

 the oncoming hosts. 



Long Island is still of interest to the field worker and there 

 are many species now on the island which wll tend to disappear 

 which should be put on record. 



