to be eatable, and began to plant it near their huts or caves. From that
small beginning all our garden cabbages have come.

Walking a little farther from the sea, we leave the sand and come to
stones, rocks and cliffs. We pass a pretty plant, the Sea Lavender, and
another, the Sea Stock. They love best the sandy, muddy parts of the
shore. Their lilac flowers look bright and pretty. Coming to the rocky
places, we find tufts of the flower known as Sea Pink or Thrift. Its
leaves are like grass, and its flowers form a round pink bundle at the
top of a bare stalk.

There are many tufts of Thrift growing among the rocks; and each tuft
has a number of pink flowers. In some places you could step from one
tuft to another for several miles. Bare and ugly stretches of coast are
made into a gay garden by this lovely flower.

Here and there on the rocks is a plant with large yellow blossoms--the
Yellow Horned Poppy. It is a handsome plant, and you are surprised to
see such fine flowers among dry shingle, sand, or rock; but the Horned
Poppy is well able to stand the salt spray and storms of its favourite
home. When the petals have dropped, a green seed-pod is left. It is very
long--nearly twice as long as this page and looks much more like a stem
than a seed-pod.

Sometimes this seaside poppy is seen growing high up the face of the
cliff, where only the jackdaw and sea-birds can find a footing; and many
another plant may be seen there too. The cliffs are full of cracks, some
tiny and some wide. In these places there is always a certain amount of
dirt and grit. You could hardly call it "soil," and most plants would
starve if you planted them in such a place.