86 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



Many white tringed beauties fell on the wa3^side with the 

 grass, laid low by the mower. Among these was one with 

 three branches, each bearing seven flowers and a tuft of 

 bracts. The pale yellow fringed orchis (Habenaria crista- 

 ta) a smaller relative of the white was also quite well rep- 

 resented. The smaller green orchis can be found along the 

 coast, and the gorgeous yellow fringed orchis {H. ciliaris) 

 repa^'s a diligent searcher. In the latter part of August a 

 beautiful specimen of calopogon was seen where many 

 others had been in June and July with their companion the 

 pogonia. Spiranthes or ladies' tresses were numerous, 

 and the ragged orchis finished the list, though these were 

 plants of earlier flowering species. Of course much ground 

 was covered to bring about this result, and trips were 

 taken from Asbury Park to Bay Head. In one of these 

 trips I saw growing for the first time the beautiful Sah- 

 hatia cbloroicles, th^hutton snake root with its grey green 

 thimbles and the large cotton grass, aptly called puss^' 

 toes, for in the tuft of tanny silk 3'ou will find five well 

 sheathed claws. Many young persimmon trees, beach 

 plums, whortle, blue and dangle berries, as well as black 

 berries and raspberries and whole roads covered with 

 cranberries are here found. Golden hyssop, Polygala 

 lutea and the larger pipewort {Eriocanlon decangulare) 

 were confined to one very' small area. The plant most in 

 evidence was the sweet pepper bush. 



The latter part of August to the middle of September 

 was spent at Griffin's Corners in the Catkills, a locality 

 new to me, where I was fortunate enough to have our 

 Secretarj', Mr. Buchheister, to look to for guidance. Here, 

 too, the most ubiquitous flower was white— Eupatorium 

 ageratoides. The jov of the season was my finding on a 

 rock on the bank of Portertown Creek a few plants of 

 Linnsea horealis. I did not know just what I had found, 

 but knew that it was distinct from an3'thing ever found 

 before by me. Mr. B. identified it. So far as I could dis- 

 cover it was a new locality for it. The witch hazels were 

 loaded with flowers, leaves and fruit and gave forth some 



