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JOURNAL OF 
THE NEW ENGLAND BOTANICAL CLUB 
Vol. 22. May, 1920. No. 257. 
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SOLIDAGO LEPIDA, VAR. FALLAX IN KNOX COUNTY, 
MAINE. 
NATHANIEL T. KIDDER. 
Iste Av Havr is one of the outermost islands of Penobscot Bay, 
and lies al out fifteen miles southwest of Mount Desert. It is botan- 
ically interesting both for the plants which grow there and for the 
number of mainland weeds which have not yet found a footing. 
Since my first visit in 1901 I have returned every year, and have 
spent many weeks in botanizing. Isle au Haut is included in the 
region described by Mr. Albert Frederick Hill in “The Vascular 
Flora of the Eastern Penobscot Bay Region, Maine,” which was 
published in the Proceedings of the Portland Society of Natural 
History, Vol. III, Part 2 (1919). 
Sometime I hope to publish a list of the plants of Isle au Haut, 
based on my collections on the island alone. Some of my finds are 
mentioned in Mr. Hill's Flora, but while his list was in press I was 
still adding to my collections. It is my hope that the Solidago of 
my heading may be found on Isle au Haut, as I have found there 
nearly everything which I have seen on the neighboring islands. 
'To be sure, I have not explored them very thoroughly. 
Just off the Northwest shore of Isle au Haut lies a little island 
known as Nathan's Island. Some three acres in extent, its greatest 
elevation not more than thirty-five feet above high water, this island 
must be blessed with very rich soil, for what grows on it at all is in 
very robust form. The trees are mostly spruce, and in the occasional 
openings are found much the same plants we find in similar spots 
