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berries were unripe, and I did not get a chance to try them, 

 but they are said to make excellent pies. In more open places 

 the kinnikinnick {Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi) made a pleasing 

 effect with its small shiny leaves and large coral-pink berries. 

 Here and there the flaming Indian paint brush thrust its red 

 above the lower shrubs. On the extreme edge of the cliff, 

 the most typical seaside flower bloomed — the sea daisy {Brig- 

 croii glancus). The leaves are mainly basal rather fleshy and 

 pale green in color. The heads of flowers are usually solitary, 

 the disk being about 2.5 cm. across, and the violet colored rays 

 which are numerous are from 10 to 13 mm. long. The whole 

 plant is some 25 centimeters in height. The disk flowers are 

 of a dull vellow color and make an extremely beautiful con- 

 trast with the ray flowers. This plant always grows where 

 it is wet by salty breezes of the ocean, sometimes at the edge 

 of the dunes, often on rocky cliffs, but usually on high crags 

 overlooking the ocean. 



In the sphagnum bogs, near my camping site in a small 

 ravine, the characteristic bog plants flourished. Rhodendron 

 calif ornicuni showed only an occasional blossom, for the 

 period of brilliance was past. The Labrador tea {Ledum 

 C oliimbiamun) was in flower and looked very pretty with its 

 clusters of creamy blossoms and dark green revolute leaves. 

 The bayberry was not then in flower, but grew tangled with 

 the Ledum. On parting the shrubs in the small open places, 

 I was pleased to find the white star-flower (Trientalis arctica) 

 growing near the little creeping St. Johns wort and round 

 leaved sundews. With these were the blue-eyed grass and 

 yellow star-grass. 



Once, on walking along the beach not far from Newport, 

 I came upon a group of yellow sand verbenas, shore lupines 

 and sea-rocket. The sand verbena is similar in general ap- 

 pearance to the other members of the genus. It has a perfume 



