1900] Eggleston, — Flora of Mt. Moosilauke 97 
There are, no doubt, many more rare species about here, but we 
shall have to let time unfold them to us, as in this field the hunters are 
few, and the only one I know in this locality is a plain farmer, with no 
pretensions to scientific knowledge, but with an ardent love for the 
work, and for all things beautiful and wonderful. 
AMESBURY, Mass. 
FLORA OF MT. MOOSILAUKE. 
WILLARD W. EGGLESTON. 
MT. MoosiLAUKE, New Hampshire, is an isolated peak southwest of 
the main ranges of the White Mountains and lying in Benton about 
nine miles west of North Woodstock. It is reached by a carriage road 
from Warren or by road and trail from both North Woodstock and 
Warren Summit. The trail from Warren Summit is the shortest ap- 
proach from the railroad and the only one for which the writer can 
vouch. Moosilauke (with an altitude of 4,811 feet) is the highest peak 
in the region covered by Prof. H. G. Jesup’s Catalogue of the plants 
within thirty miles of Hanover, New Hampshire, and has been visited 
by a number of botanists who have by this means added several species 
to the Jesup Flora. Thus the Rev. Joseph Blake is credited with 
having found on Moosilauke Empetrum nigrum, L., Juncus trifidus, L., 
Luzula spicata, Desv. ; Mr. W. F. Flint with Arenaria Groenlandica, 
Spreng., Potentilla tridentata, Ait., Solidago Virgaurea alpina, Bigel.,! 
Vaccinium uliginosum, L., V. Vitis-Idaea, L.; and the Rey. Arthur 
Fairbanks with Lotseleuria procumbens, Desv.! 
I had long desired to visit this mountain and on the 26th of 
August, 1898, had an opportunity to do so, but under rather unfavor- 
able circumstances. After a week of good weather at Mt. Washington 
I reached Warren Summit only to wait two days in the rain and then 
climb the mountain through a wet bushy trail and find the summit 
capped in fog, the thermometer falling and the wind almost a hurri- 
cane. That night the thermometer fell to 26° Fahrenheit and it did 
not rise above 34? the next day, — a temperature which with a strong 
gale does not permit very pleasant summer botanizing. However, I 
was rewarded for this discomfort by the most magnificent view I have 
ever seen. Whiteface in the Adirondacks, distant by air line 105 miles, 
1 No herbarium specimens known. 
