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Nabalus nanus, DC. My other finds so far determined were 

 Juncus triHdus, L., Scirpus ecespitosus, L., and Lycopodium Selago, L. 

 I looked longingly down upon the little " Lake' of the Clouds," be- 

 studded with yellow pond lilies, but there was not time to explore 

 it. I have no doubt that an hour would have revealed many other 

 precious things. As it was, I collected between bites of my luncheon 

 and in a high wind. And here let me put in a plea for the much 

 berated vasculum. I brought back my specimens fresh and un- 

 rumpled which were afterwards carefully pressed by my wife. She 

 agrees with me in the conviction that with a portfolio we would 

 have spoiled half of them. A frisky mountain breeze hardly al- 

 lows of the manipulation of papers. With a box, too, one can col- 

 lect more rapidly. 



I was much interested in the intrusion of low valley plants in- 

 to high regions. Veratrum viride, Ait., grew at an altitude of over 

 3,000 feet above the sea with unusual vigor, though it appeared to be 

 sterile. On the very summit of the mountain, mingled with the 

 alpine vegetation, grew Spircea salicifolia, L., and Tli edict 'rum Cor- 

 nuti, L. What was not so strange, Ledum latifolium, Ait., ap- 

 proached nearly to the summit. 



I shall not soon forget my day of alpine botanizing, with all 

 New England mapped out at my feet. — W. W. Bailey, Brown 

 University. 



Immigrants. — It is important to note the arrival of recent 

 immigrants which are either indigenous to this country, or are 

 naturalized from abroad. It is an important auxiliary to the study 

 of plant distribution. The following, not mentioned in our man- 

 uals, are naturalized in Michigan : 



Dianthus furcatus, Balb., abundantly naturalized on the ex- 

 tensive grounds of the Agricultural College, Lansing ; also at South 

 Haven. This is a pretty perennial with red flowers f inch in diam- 

 ameter. It forms dense mats on lawns and old pastures, its furcate 

 stems ascending about a foot high. Petals crenate, dotted with 

 white; calyx bracts awl pointed, i the length of the calyx tube. 

 A native of Northern Italy. D. Armeria, L., occurs at Lansing, 

 and E. F. Smith reports it from Clinton county. 



A form of Cerastium arvense, is thoroughly established on the 

 College grounds. It is evidently var. Andrewsii, Syme., described 

 by Hooker as having "leaves rigid, glabrescent, midrib strong below, 

 flowers subsolitary. 1 It forms dense mats which, when closely 

 mowed, are hardly distinguishable from the sod. Flowers often f 

 inch in diameter, pretty. 



Tragopogon pratensis, L., the English Goat's Beard, occurs at 

 South Haven and Irving, Barry Co. Mr. F. H. Tuthill reports it 

 from Kalamazoo, and C. F. Wheeler from Hubbarston, Ionia Co. 



