iNTRODlcriON. 



Americana, Meriyanthes trifoliata, Sc holler a Oxy coccus, Clinto- 

 nia borealis, Cha^ncTdaphne calyciilata, Xolisjna h'gustrt'na, 

 Andromeda Pol if aim and Dry opt er is Boottii. The dividing 

 ridges are wooded with a variety of deciduous trees and add their 

 quota of rarities. 



Thompson's Marsh. This is but a continuation of Pond 

 Brook lying over the next ridge, but the flora differs enough from 

 the other to merit a word. In addition to a majority of the spe- 

 cies presented by the former, it yields Orontium aquaticum, 

 Aralia hispida, Pogonia ophioglossoides, Woodwardia Virgin- 

 ica, and is fringed by immense thickets of Aronia nigra and 

 Vaccinium corymbosum. 



MiTTON-HiLL Pond. This pond, containing about twenty 

 acres, lies in a hollow in the hilltops, two miles west of Apalachin 

 and several hundred feet above the river. It is surrounded by a 

 broad belt of shaking peat-bog that will scarcely sustain the 

 weight of a man, Among the species peculiar to it are Nytnphoca 

 advena, Castalia odorata, Menyanthes trifoliata, Pogonia 

 ophioglossoides, Schollera Oxycoccus, Comartini paliistre, Dro- 

 sera rotundifolia, Calla palustris, Eriophorum Virgiftianum, 

 E. polystachyon, Rynchospora alba, Ilicioides viucronata. Ilex 

 verticillata, Rhus Vernix and Xolisma ligtistrina. 



B<)(; NEAR Jarvis Street. This bog of less than five acres in 

 extent, lies at the north end of Jarvis street in the city of Bing- 

 hamton. It is filled with peat to a considerable depth and at most 

 seasons the remnant of the lake that once occupied the site is 

 still visible near the center. Although so exposed and within the 

 city, it yields a large number of the less common species, such as 

 Chamcr daphne calycnlata,A7idromeda Polifolia, Schollera Oxy- 

 cocLHS,Oruntium aquaticum, Hypericum Virginicum, Nymphcca 

 adi'ena, Rosa Carolina, Comarum paiustre, Pogonia ophioglos- 

 soides, Acorus Calamus and Cephalanthus occidentalis. 



BKKifE's SwAMi'. This marsh, originally called *' Cranberry 

 marsh," from the abundance of that berry once growing there, lies 

 in a deep basin some distance back from the river and opposite the 

 borough of Susquehanna. Its flora is of interest from the number 

 of distinctive species that occur. Of the more noticeable may be 

 mentioned (jaylussacia resinosa, Schollera Oxycoccus, S. macro- 

 car pa, Andromeda Polifolia, Xolisma ligustrina, Chamccdaphne 

 alyculifta, Kalmid angustifolia, K. glauca, Rhodora Can- 



