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way one may find Astragalus Blakei, Castilleja pallida septentrionalis , 

 Erigero7i hyssopifolms, and Artemisia Canadensis . On the wet cliffs the 

 little plant that one thinks at first is a belated violet is Piyiguicula vulgaris, 

 or button-root. On the dry cliffs, they tell MsDraba inca^ia grows. We 

 found only the variety aradisans, which is rather common. There, too, 

 we found Arenaria verna hirta. We found beautiful specimens of our 

 rarest fern, the green spleen wort {^Asplenium viride^, which was discov- 

 ered here for the United States by Mr. Pringle. It has been found on 

 Camel's Hump, and these are the only stations known in eastern United 

 States. It is found in British America and in the mountains of Oregon, 

 Wyoming, and Washington, as well as in Greenland. 



Pellce gracilis grows here, and Woodsia ilvensis. The rarer Woodsias, 

 too, grow here. W . glabella is quite common. We did not find W. hyper- 

 borea. These are alpine ferns, and are found only here and at Willoughby 

 and Inuchee Gulf in Vermont and at a few stations in the mountains of 

 Maine and New Hampshire. 



Aspidiiim fragrans formerly grew on Mt. Mansfield, but it has prac- 

 tically been exterminated there except in some almost inaccessible places. 

 Mr. Kggleston mentions in his Flora that in a pass south of Mansfield, 

 called Underhill Notch, but which we on our side of the mountains call 

 Nebraska Notch, he found Aspidi^nn fragrans, Woodsia glabella, Pellcea 

 gracilis, and other rare plants. With a small party, with Mrs. E. B. 

 Davenport, of Brattleboro, for our inspiring genius, we visited that Notch 

 in the summer of 1902. We found the growth of ferns, orchids, and 

 other plants very rich in the base of the Notch. Splendid specimens of 

 Aspidiiim acideatum Braimii grew here in undisturbed profusion. 

 There are many cliffs in view, and we knew not which to select for ex- 

 ploration ; but the nearest ones we finally reached. The ascent was a 

 tiresome one. There were many pitfalls among the rocks, and no moun- 

 tain-sides convenient for a road were here. Mr. Straw, climbing above 

 the cliffs, was the first to find Aspidium fragraris , the object of our search. 

 But soon we began to find it on the lower side of the cliff's too. It grew 

 all about and of large size. Its brown stipes made it easily discerned 

 from a distance. It seems safe to survive among these cliffs, as pleasure- 

 seekers do not come here, and if the man who sells ferns should find this 

 place it would take him a long time to get it all. This is a beautiful 

 fern, with dark green fronds, with an odor often compared to raspberries. 

 It is a rare fern, growing here and on Mt. Mansfield, and on Mt. Zion in 

 Hubbardton in Vermont. It was discovered for Vermont by Mr. Pringle. 

 It grows in a few elevated stations in New Hampshire, New York, Wis- 

 consin, and Minnesota. These cliffs are much drier than those of Smug- 

 glers' and not so high, and have no such wealth of rare plants, but the 

 finding of the fragrans repaid us for our journey. 



