THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 103 



Though woodbines flaunt and roses glow 



O'er all the fragrant bowers, 

 Thou needs't not be ashamed to show 



Thy satin-threaded flowers. 



One can hardly speak of pond-lilies as wayside flowers, 

 and yet, in a sense, they are so. Very refreshing it is to 

 catch glimpses of their white, cool, odorous blossoms, anchor- 

 ed on some shaded pond, their leaves just tipping to the breeze 

 to show their crimson lining. Among them grows yellow 

 spatterdock, handsome in its place but coarse and mal-odor- 

 ous. 



It must be realized that our wayside flora will of necessity 

 vary with locality. Along the sea beaches one will observe 

 sea-lavender, jointed knotweed, rose hibiscus, yellow loose- 

 strife, camphor-weed, maritine goldenrod and sea-side aster. 

 Again, among the mountains will occur wild flowers not 

 seen in the lowlands, mountain chickweed, dwarf azalea, Peck's 

 geum and the like. Geology and geography both take a part 

 in distribution as well as more subtle and accidental agencies. 



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THE PINE BARRENS OF NEW JERSEY. 



THOSE who have gained their knowledge of the New Jer- 

 sey "pine barrens" from a few weeks sojourn at Bar- 

 negat, Tom's River or other towns along the coast, supple- 

 mented by sundry glimpses from the car window as the train 

 rushes along, may yet have but a faint idea of what the real 

 pine barrens are like. To see them at their best — which in 

 this case is also their worst — one must get further away from 

 civilization than the railway will carry him. But before one 

 leaves it, indications of what is to come are not wanting. The 

 railroad dwindles from four tracks to two and finally one; 

 the stations become smaller and draw further apart ; and the 

 vegetation steadily grows more dejected in appearance. At 



