THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 67 



(Brasenia pel fata) nor Potamogeton were common in this 

 pond. 



There being no serviceable boat at hand we decided that 

 a tramp around the shore gave the greatest promise of suc- 

 cess and this plan we proceeded to carry out. We found a 

 path nearly all of the way near the shore which we follow^ed, 

 pausing now and then, as some plant especially attracted our 

 attention, or to take a picture. 



It would make a long story, as well as an uninteresting 

 one to attempt to enumerate all of the plants which we saw on 

 our way; therefore with the mention of a few of the most 

 prominent ones I will leave to the imagination of the reader 

 the task of filling up the many interstices of that stroll in the 

 woods near the water's edge. The pink lady's-slipper (Cy- 

 pripedmm acaule) showed by its many scapes what it had been 

 doing in its own allotted season while the large purple fringed 

 orchis {Habenaria ftmbriata) gave one almost perfect spike 

 and many that were in various stages of fruitage. H. clavel- 

 lata was very abundant and showed some of the largest blooms 

 that I ever saw; but of the tall white orchis (H. dilatata) we 

 saw not one. Among the ferns w^e saw Nephrodium crista- 

 tum and its variety Clintonianum as well as an abundance of 

 Osmunda, Onoclea, etc. There was quite a quantity of wild 

 calla {Calla palustris) along a portion of the shore. A few 

 plants of Rosa blanda were found at the southern end of the 

 pond. The most noticeable shrubs were the swamp pink 

 {Rhododendron nudiflorum) , the mountain holly {Nemo- 

 panthiis mucronata) with its crimson berries in great profus- 

 ion, and the blueberries ( Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, V. vacil- 

 lans and V. corymbosum) ; the first on a dry knoll opposite 

 the landing where we ate our lunch among the remains of old 

 camps. In the bogs around the outlet we found quite a quan- 

 tity of the small cranberry {V. oxy coccus). 



As we approached the eastern end of the pond after lunch 



