76 THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 



leaf but here were only about bursting the bud. The forest 

 floor was densely carpeted with club moss, mainly Lycopodiiim 

 lucidulum, and showed that the snow banks had not long de- 

 parted. 



As we neared the top the trees became smaller and were 

 mostly spruce and balsam fir with Avhich were intermingled 

 some mountain ash and a few birches. From the top a magnifi- 

 cent panorama is spread out at one's feet, looking toward the 

 East and the main ridge of the Green Mountains, but toward 

 the West the nearer hills and mountains interrupt the view. 

 While on top we made some examination of the lichen flora and 

 were rewarded by finding on the rocks Evernia furfuracea 

 and Cladonia, on the branches and twigs of the balsam, 

 Cetraria glaiica, and on the trunk of a mountain ash, A^^- 

 phroma lacvigatum, while a bit farther down we had found 

 on a dead log, Cladonia fimbria fa coniocraea. Of the more 

 common lichens, particularly those inhabiting trees, there 

 seemed to be a great abundance. 



Afeter spending an hour or so at what appeared to be the 

 stopping place for picnic parties, judging from the number of 

 names scratched upon the slate rocks, we proceeded slowly 

 along the main ridge about a mile to a point which we con- 

 cluded to be at least 50 feet higher than the highest point 

 marked on the map. This part of the mountain is densely 

 clothed with a second growth of spruce and balsam. While 

 in these woods we heard the clear, high note of the white- 

 throated sparrow, but aside from this we marked little evidence 

 of bird life about the peak. Perhaps, however, the hour — 

 about noon — was unfavorable for their performances. 



Coming down the mountain we followed another hollow 

 than the one by which we had ascended. Here we found on 

 the ledges of a cliff the tufted club rush {Scirpus caespitosus) 

 and farther on near the foot of the mountain we chanced upon 

 a fern that we had had in mind all day, namely, Braun's holly 



