260 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [Sept. 



ponds of brown water, in some of which I got the Buckbean 

 (^Menyanthes trifoUata, and around them Andromeda pnlifolia, 

 a small Honeysuckle (^Loiiicera), and the tubular leaves of the 

 Pitcher plant (^Sarracenia purpurea). The little Cloud-berry 

 (^Ruhus chamoemoTus) dotted the cold boggy moss with its large 

 white blossoms, and various sedges tufted the level surface. 

 The dark level bushes of the Sweet Grale (^Myrica Gale), 'n 

 places bordered the barren, and in its dryer areas the Black 

 Cowberry (^Empetrum nigrum) matted its low woody stems 

 together. Small Tanuirac trees ( Larix Americana), and the 

 rank Cow-parsnip (^Heradeum lanatum), with its large umbels of 

 white flowers, bounded the barren on the opposite side. 



From this point the road conducted us over higher land, 

 among bushes of common Juniper (^Juniperus communis), Ground 

 Hemlock (Taxus haccata var. Canadensis), and Leather-leaf 

 (Cassandra, calyculata, Don), to a forest of Fir trees and Paper 

 Birch (^Betula pupyracea), in which the following woodland 

 plants were collected ; — the Rosy Twisted Stalk [Streptojms 

 roseus, Michx), Nodding Trillium {T. recurvatum, Beck), Bane- 

 berry {Actcea spicata, L.), Twayblade {Listera ConvaUarioides, 

 Hoik), Goldthread {Coptis trifoUa), Rattlesnake Plantain 

 {Goodyera puhescens), Star Lily (Smilacina stellata), Wild 

 Sarsaparilla (^Aralla nudicaulis), common Wood Fern (^Aspidium 

 splmdosum, Swartz), and on a rocky escarpment, Woodsia 

 Ilvensis. The Pigeon (Cherry (^Primus Pennsylvanica), and 

 Mountain Holly (JSfemopanthes Canadensis), were met with in 

 the woods just before we reached Flat Bay Brook, which was 

 here bordered by bushes of Green Alder (Alnus viridis'), Sweet 

 Viburnum (F. Lantago), and Maple-leaved Arrowwood (F. 

 acerlfoVmm) . Nearer the shore ragged bushes of the Shrubby 

 Cinque-foil (^Potentilla fruticosa,) gave evidence of having 

 been washed by many a spring flood, and the long runners of 

 the Creeping Crowfoot (^Ranunculus) timidly felt their way over 

 the well-worn shingle, which formed a pleasing background to 

 the glaucous leaves and rose-coloured petals of the Epilohlum 

 laflfolium. 



Next morning, having paddled up the brook to where it 

 bends round the base of the mountain, we landed, and after a 

 toilsome climb over its northern spur, reached the summit, 

 from which a magnificent view of the hills and valleys 

 in all directions was obtained. A mountain tarn, calm as a 



