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5 are algae, 1 is a fungus, 27 are lichens, 39 liverworts, 

 and 42 mosses; 15 are known from no locality in Wash- 

 ington other than the Olympic Mountains ; of these, 1 

 is a Hchen, 12 are liverworts, and 2 are mosses ; 9 were 

 not before known to occur in Washington ; of these, 1 

 is a lichen, 6 are liverworts, and 2 are mosses ; 4 have 

 not before been found in America ; of these, 1 is a 

 lichen, and 3 are liverworts. 



THIRD ANNUAL OUTING OF THE MOUNTAIN- 

 EERS ON MOUNT RAINIER. 



The Third annual outing of the Mountaineers, 

 planned for the last two weeks of July and the first 

 week of August, will be to the north side of Mount 

 Rainier, The club will visit Spray Park, Moraine 

 Park and Grand Park, and will make the ascent from 

 the northeast side. The region to be visited is the 

 wildest and grandest part of the Rainier National Park, 

 and the parks are the largest and most beautiful of the 

 many on this mountain. Spray Park alone, contains 

 nearly 20,000 acres and is a great open area of grass 

 and flowers, broken by groves of mountain trees. 



Professor Flett, who made the ascent of the northeast 

 slope of the mountain, says that it is far easier than the 

 southern route past Gibralter. The ascent of Rainier 

 is difficult only because of the altitude reached, 14,363 

 feet. The mountain is the next to the highest in the United 

 States, and being in the northern part, carries a very 

 heavy mass of snow and ice. This forms the greatest 

 glacial system in the United States. An opportunity 

 will be given to visit three of these great glaciers, the 

 Mowich, Carbon, and the White, while those who wish 

 to join the knapsack trips, will visit nearly every glacier 

 on the mountain. At the close of the outing, a small 

 party will make a knapsack trip from the camp at the 

 base of White Glacier, to Paradise Park and Indian 



