110 Account of Captain Franklbts Expedition, 



20. Tetradynamous plant. Dry 25. Rumex. Bear Lake. 



places. 2G. Xylosteum. Woods. 



21. Anemone Hudsoniana. River 27. Gramen. Borders oflakes. 



banks. Seeds of the same plants have been 



22. Primula pusilla. Clayey loam. sent to Mr Sabine and Dr 



23. Carex? Borders of lakes. Graham." 



24. Primula Egalikcensis. Moist 



clayey soil. 



From Mr Drcmmond. 



Dated Rocky Mountains, April 26, 1826. 

 u I take the liberty of addressing you from this quarter of 

 the world, not to communicate any new discoveries of import- 

 ance, but; to inform you of my welfare, and to thank you for 

 the opportunity you afforded me of exploring scenes so con- 

 genial to my inclination. I will endeavour to give you a 

 rude idea of the kind of country I have seen, as the way we 

 travelled afforded very few opportunities of seeing the pro- 

 ductions. On landing at New York, I was first struck by the 

 novel appearance of the trees growing about the city, such as 

 Platanus occidentalism and Catalpa 'syringifolia, with their 

 curious seed vessels. The forests near New York consist most- 

 ly of oaJcs and deciduous trees. The public roads are lined 

 by poplars and willows, probably introduced, but attaining a 

 very large size. In the shade of the forests, I observed the 

 two umbellate species of Wintergreen very common, MitcheUa 

 repens, &c. ; in the marshes, Pothos Jcetida, at that time in 

 flower, with vestiges of numerous grasses and herbaceous 

 plants new to me. Amongst the Musci, three or four species 

 of Leskea were conspicuous ; Orthotrichum clavellatum, and a 

 moss resembling Leucodon sciuroides, also were previously un- 

 known to me. The swamps were covered by Juniperus Vir- 

 giniana, and the Sarracenia purpurea was common, growing 

 amongst the Sphagni. The pine barrens are covered by 

 Pinus resinosa and remains of numerous interesting her- 

 baceous plants. There was little variation in the general ap- 

 pearance of the country, until we reached lakes Huron and 

 Superior, where it becomes more mountainous, but the rocks 

 appear very bare. It may be reckoned a subalpine country, 

 by the cold caused by the lakes. On rocks near their shores* 



