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this floral picture. Out in the marsh it grows in 
equal profusion; the meadow is hung with small 
pink lanterns, as if for a féfe. A single flower of 
the marsh mallow commands the attention of the 
most unobservant, and when growing in abundance 
it excites enthusiastic admiration. 
46. Marsh mallows. 
Nor is the animal life of the marsh less interest- 
ing than its flora. Meadow mice nest beneath the 
haycocks. Were it not for the minks and Hawks 
which prey on them, they might become a scourge 
throughout the surrounding country. Muskrats are 
