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ward, the cliffs adjacent to the sea harbor such interesting ferns 
as Asplenium viride, Woodsia alpina and scopulina, Thelypteris 
fragrans (especially abundant on the talus slopes at Cap Chat 
River), Cryptogramma Stelleri, and Polystichum Braunti. The 
wet rocky slopes at Mt. St. Louis were especially bright with the 
pink //edysarum boreale, Saxifraga Atzoon and SS, aizoides, Senecio 
obovatus, and Parnassia parviflora. The most brilliant display, 
throughout areas where acid soil conditions predominated, was 
made by the common lamb-kill, Kalmia angustifolia. 
LocaL FLorA SECTION 
This section may be considered as slowly approaching maturity 
and consequently few changes were made during the past year. 
Portions of the bog were becoming overgrown with grasses and 
the surface layer of peat in these areas was replaced. Several 
large boulders were added last spring to the wall which bounds 
the bog to the southward. These boulders should provide better 
shade conditions for the northern plants such as Linnaea borealis, 
Chiogenes hispidula and Cornus canadensis, which have already 
become well established in this locality. A pathway of stone 
flags has been constructed around the bog which will greatly 
facilitate walking. Extension of the sand-area and planting of 
pitch-pines is gradually making a natural background for pine- 
barren plants such as //udsonia and Corema which are still thriv- 
ing. Six hundred additional plants of Trillium grandiflorum 
were set out in the woodland area; the plantings of MJertensia 
virginica and of Veratrum viride were considerably increased. 
The European privet bushes and willow trees which constituted 
a large part of the original planting of this area are being gradually 
removed and replaced by native species. 
Only two areas remain in an unattractive condition. One of 
these is the eastern end, where we still hope for a limestone wall, 
similar to one of the waterfall ledges in the Japanese Garden, on 
which walking-fern and similar plants can be grown. The other 
area is at the western end of the enclosure, where there is need 
for a landscaped pathway and a considerable amount of. soil 
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improvement. 
