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middle of the area, giving ample space to visitors and direct con- 
tact with the plantings. . 
The Meadow.—The most important addition during the past 
year has been a small meadow excavated parallel to the pathway, 
planted with clumps of Trollins laxus, Caltha palustris, and Par- 
nassia caroliniana, into which asters and golden-rods have come 
spontaneously. “Thus there is a bloom throughout the season. 
This meadow is fed by a small brook (constructed in the fall of 
1932) which winds under the trees, but which has as yet only a 
temporary source of water. Upon final location of the boundary 
fence, it is hoped that the brook can be made a permanent feature 
and its course extended. 
The sand-barren area has been filled with sand to the central 
pathway and now has a more natural appearance. It is expected 
that typical plants of this area, now well established (Hudsonia, 
Tephrosia virginiana, Arenaria caroliniana, Silene pennsylvanica, 
Viola pedata, Aster spectabilis and A. concolor, and Ascle pias 
tuberosa), will make a good display during the coming year. With 
the addition of pitch pines (Pinus rigida) to be set out in the 
spring, the locality should give the impression of a fragment of the 
pine-barrens. 
The area between the bog and the pathway has been partially 
excavated and filled with sand and peat. This area, moistened by 
drainage from the meadow, has been planted with Chamaecyparis 
thyoides (received on an exchange basis from Mr. Anton Hoden- 
pyl), Leiophylhom buvifoliun, Kalmia angustifolia, Pyxidanthera, 
and Nerophyllium, all well-known pine-barren species which require 
wet or at least somewhat moist conditions. Through this area 
there will be access to the adjacent bog. 
The bog and its borders proved during the past year to be a 
successful place for the growth of many unusual plants. Orchids 
such as Habenaria ciliaris, H. blephariglottis, and Pogonia ophio- 
glossoides did surprisingly well. The growth of Eriocaulon (FE. 
compressum and [. decangulare), sundews (Drosera longifolia and 
Dd. filtfornus), pitcher plants, gentians (Gentiana Andrewsii and 
G. linearts), Sabatia, Helonias bullata, Bidens coronata, and 
FAehanthus angustifolins was especially noteworthy. A few plants 
of Venus’s Flytrap, native only to North and South Carolina, sur- 
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