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far between. Even on the University grounds, what is now known 
as the ** Back Campus,” contained a prolific swamp, well within the 
time limits of my own teaching. 
The banks of the Seekonk have so changed as to be wholly unrec- 
ognizable. ^ Beautiful forests, groves of laurel, meandering trout 
brooks, banks gay with lupines and azalea, sands gushing with violets, 
swamps, copses, and fens, presented a delightful and rural variety. 
Nothing is left of all this but a sweet and imperishable memory. 
Now let us revert to the still older days of 1828 and see what is re- 
corded, I might note in passing, that there was at that time in Prov- 
idence a group of able and enthusiastic young botanists, among whom 
we find the names of S. T. Olney, George Hunt, Jesse Metcalf, A. L. 
Calder, George Thurber, and J. W. Bailey. ‘These men, though after- 
wards in part scattered, always kept in communication with each 
other, and all had a deep pride in Rhode Island. 
I again direct attention to the Linnaean arrangement of Bigelow 
to account for the random way in which this record will appear. I 
copy the notes as they come. 
First, we find recorded the purple bladderwort, Utricularia pur- 
urea, Walt., at Long Pond, a charming plant to find anywhere. The 
locality has totally disappeared, — as has the pond itself, though up 
to my time it was still excellent collecting ground. Its site is now 
given over to Zactuca Scariola, L., and threats of the Russian thistle! 
It is possible that this bladderwort may still be found at Little Bene- 
dict Pond near by — a most delightful hole, full of Brasenia peltata, 
Pursh, Vymphaea odorata, Ait., Nuphar advena, Ait., and various Sa- 
gittariae, Spargania and Myriophylla, Near by grew, and perhaps 
still grows, Coreopsis rosea, Nutt., which my father records as *abun- 
dant” in 1828, at Long Pond.' My only certain locality for it now is 
near Pawtucket, where it is accompanied by Eupatorium hyssopifolium, 
L., Utricularia purpurea, Walt., Aster spectabilis, Ait., and other nice 
things. 
Circaea alpina, L., is recorded from Providence, without special lo- 
cality, and /ris prismatica, Pursh, from Seekonk, in what is now East 
Providence. The latter is abundant there still. In the old canal, 
long since abandoned even before my day, is noted AZ yneospora alba, 
Vahl, and at Leonard's Pond, A. glomerata, Vahl. Anthoxanthum 
odoratum, L., is dated “ Providence, April 12, 1828.” It is one of our 
* Since this was written a careful exploration fails to find it. 
