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Temiscouata, found some specimens about 8 inches high. Besides 

 this alpine flora, there were many maritime plants. Plantago maritima 

 and Triglochin maritimum were common, Tissa salina grew on the 

 tide flats, and Lathyrus maritimus over the rocks on the beach. But 

 most beautiful of all were the great spreading clusters of Mertensia 

 maritima, with its graceful trailing branches, glaucous foliage, and 

 showy blue flowers. 



Higher up on the rocks were great patches of Kalmia angustifolia, 

 making masses of pink bloom ; with these grew Ledum latifolium and 

 Cassandra calyculata, both in fruit, while shading these tangled thickets 

 were Pinus Banksiana, the white spruce, and the black spruce. Trail- 

 ing over the rocks we found Juniperus Sabina, var. procumbens, in 

 fruit, and the prostrate variety alpina of J . communis. 



The yellow blossoms and curious inflated pods of Rhinanthus 

 Crista-galli were common near the shore, and in the wet grassy spots 

 Microstylis unifolia grew plentifully. Along the Saguenay we collected 

 Ranunculus Cymbalaria, and in the crevices of the rock Aspidium 

 fragrans was found growing in large tufts, still holding last year's 

 leaves, and Corallorhiza innata. Here we also collected Comandra 

 livida and Goodyera repens. 



On the border of a small pond near Tadousac, Polygonum amphi- 

 bium was found, and in the bogs near the shore we saw Eriophorum 

 gracile, and with it the purple-flowered Potentilla palustris; also Call a 

 palustris, but the flowers had already gone, and we could only get the 

 fruit. Although it was the last week in July, we noticed that the little 

 birches on the hillsides near Tadousac had begun to turn yellow, show- 

 ing that the brief Northern summer was already on the wane. 



A sail of three hours brought us to Riviere du Loup, and the next 

 morning we botanized along the banks of the rapid-flowing stream that 

 gives the town its name. In one place it makes a plunge of about 40 

 feet over the edges of the dark slaty rock which forms its bed, and here 

 under the hemlocks we found Moneses uniflora, the bright blue berries 

 of Clintonia, Coptis trifolia, and Halenia deflexa. 



Our train left Riviere du Loup about noon, and we were soon 

 speeding towards Lake Temiscouata, some fifty miles to the southeast. 

 At first poplars, birches, and spruces were plenty, but as we neared the 

 lake, we passed through great swamps of Thuja occidentalis, some of 

 the trees being the largest we had ever seen. In the cleared places were 



