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and Tennessee on the other, with a great ocean of mountain 
raised into tremendous billows immediately about him. It is 
the pasture ground for the young horses of the whole country 
about it during the summer. We found the strawberry here 
in the greatest abundance and of the finest quality, in regard 
to both size and flavor, on the 30th of July.” ? 
At sunrise we had fine weather and a most extensive view 
of the surrounding country. In one direction we could count 
from eight to twelve successive ranges of mountains, and 
nearly all the higher peaks of this whole region were dis- 
tinctly visible. Soon, however, we were enveloped in a dense 
fog which continued for several hours, during which time 
we traversed the southwestern summit and made a list of 
the plants we saw. The herbaceous plants of this bald and 
rounded summit are chiefly Aira fleruosa, Juncus tenuis, 
Carex intumescens, festucacea, estivalis of Mr. Curtis, and a 
narrow-leaved variety of C. Pennsylvanica, the latter consti- 
tuting the greater part of the grassy herbage, Luzula campes- 
tris, Lilium Philadelphicum and Canadense, which here 
only attain the height of from four to eight inches, Sisyrin- 
chium anceps, Smilacina bifolia, Habenaria (Platanthera) 
peramena, Veratrum viride, Helonias (Chamelirium) dioi- 
ca, Osmunda Claytoniana, Linn. (O. interrupta, Michx.), 
Athyrium asplenioides, Pedicularis Canadensis, mostly with 
purplish-brown flowers, now just in blossom, Zrautvetteria 
palmata, Ranunculus repens, Thalictrum dioicum just in 
flower, Geum radiatum in the greatest profusion (it was 
here that Michaux obtained this species), Potentilla triden- 
tata and Canadensis, Fragaria Virginiana, the fruit just 
ripe and of the finest flavor, Rubus villosus now in flower, 
Castilleja coccinea, Geranium maculatum, Clematis Viorna 
about eight inches high, Sanicula Marilandica, Zizia aurea, 
Heracleum lanatum, Hypericum corymbosum, with larger 
flowers than usual, a more upright and larger-leaved variety 
of Hedyotis serpyllifolia, Ginothera glauca B, Senecio 
1 Professor Mitchell ‘of the Chapel Hill University, in the “ Raleigh 
Register ” of November 3, 1835, and in the “ American Journal of 
Science and Arts” for January, 1839. 
