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coarse unsightly shrub of our salt marshes, 4 to 6 

 feet high. The whole plant is smoothish, and its 

 leaves lance-shaped, toothed, and about 2 inches long. 

 The flower-heads are greenish and unsightly in the 

 forks of the small leaves on the terminal branchlets. 



2. (I. imbricata, Walt.) — This grows upon the 

 sea-beach, and is but partly shrubby, 3 or 4 feet high. 

 The leaves are very thick and fleshy, 1 to 1£ inch 

 long, rarely toothed, and wedge-shaped. The plant 

 has a strong odor like old honey. 



Swamp Loosestrife. (Nesaea verticillata, H. B. 

 K.) — A half shrubby plant found in branch swamps 

 of the Lower District, 4 to 6 feet high, with slender, 

 curved, 4 to 6-sided steins. The leaves are 3 or 4 

 inches long, narrow like those of a Willow, generally 

 growing around the stem in a circle of three. The 

 flowers are clustered in the forks of the leaves, about 

 i inch wide, purple or roseate, very pretty, remind- 

 ing one of the blossoms of the Lagerstraemia or 

 Crape Tree. 



Arbor Vit.e. (Thuja occidentalis, Linn.) — This 

 has its southern limit on the mountains in the north- 

 western part of the State. From thence through the 

 mountains of Virginia it becomes more common. It 

 is but a shrub or small tree at the South, but farther 

 north it attains a height of 50 feet, and its timber is 

 used in building and for cabinet work. 



1. Cane. (Arundinaria gigantea, Chapm.) — This 

 belongs to the Gr?-ass family, but, being of woody 

 texture, falls within our arrangement. It is 10 to 15 



