Seasides and Strand Plants 
Spain has also very interesting sand-strand shrubberies 
of juniper, Artemisia, and the like, 
The sand-dunes are exceedingly beautiful, for there are 
hundreds of the elegant broomlike Retama with shining 
silver-grey branches. These are covered in the right 
season with its flowers, which have rich purple sepals 
and snow-white petals. On the naked sand are gaily 
coloured Trichonemas, white Alliums, golden yellow 
Lotus, purple Malcolmias, &c., all growing by the 
thousand. 
Armeria also has found itself well suited in the 
Spanish climate, for it has varied into a whole series of 
different species.” 
So that seashores and sand-dunes are full of interest 
and of beauty. 
It would be exceedingly gratifying if it had been 
possible to say here how thoroughly our sand-dunes in 
Britain have been utilised by an intelligent appreciation 
and assistance of Psamma on the part of our own 
botanical specialists ! 
But that is not possible. 
1 Kirchner, Loew, and Schroter. ? Guppy. * Hill. 
* Terras, Lesage. 5 Schimper. * Chrysler, Boodle. 
7 Kew Bulletin, 1908. 5 Reinke. ® Cockayne. 1° Henry. 
11 - U.S.A. Agric. National Herbarium, vol. v. p. 6, 1901. 
2 Willkomm. 
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