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rounding belt of land is covered witli a dense jungle of cedars and 

 tamarack, with here and there on drier portions a few pines. Willows 

 and other marsh-growing shrubs help to make up the dense under- 

 growth. Farther to the north, near Black creek, the conifers give 

 place to a heavy growth of elms and soft maple. On the south east 

 is a low, sandy ridge, known as Torpy Hill, one end of which is 

 covered with " hard wood," mostly beech, and a few hemlocks. A 

 similar ridge is found on the north-west. 



The flora of Bergen swamp is very different from that of the 

 surrounding country, and is characteristically northern. Here are 

 found many rare plants, some of which do not appear to occur else- 

 where in western New York, and others which have been reported 

 only at Bergen, Mendon and Adams Basin. Among those peculiar 

 to Bergen are : Lonicera cccrulea, So/it/ai^^o neglecta var. linoides, S. 

 I/oug/itonii, Senecio aureus var. Balsamitce, Microsiylis vionophyllos, Coral- 

 lorrhiza innata. Goody era repens, Areihusa bii/bosa. Calypso borealis, 

 Cypripedium candidum, Listera cordata, Clintonia horealis, Tofieldia 

 giutinosa, EleocJtaris rostellata, E. pauciflora, Scirpus avspitosus. Cor ex 

 filiformis, C. Craivei, C. flava var. viridula, C. Sa/tucnsis, C. echinata 

 var. microsfachys, Dalibarda repens, Salix lucida var. ? 



RAVINE A T HOLLEY. 



A few rods east of the station at Holley the railroad crosses a 

 narrow ravine, a hundred or more feet in depth and extending south 

 about one-half mile. Further south the stream which traverses the 

 ravine flows over the comparatively hard rocks of the Clinton lime- 

 stone, but the gorge is cut through the Medina sandstone. There 

 appears to be nothing in the soil or the topography which should 

 make it particularly interesting to the botanist, yet it is doubtful if 

 there is another locality in Western New York of equal size on which 

 so great a variety of ferns has been found Within a radius of much 

 less than a mile have been gathered thirty species of ferns (including 

 Botrychiums). The following are some of the rare ones which have 

 been found in this locality : Polypodium vulgare, Phegopteris Dryopieris, 

 Aspleniutn Ebeneuni, A. irichomanes, Camptosorus rhizophyllus (growing 

 on sandstone), Aspidium Goldianum, Dicksonia pilosiuscula, Botrychium 

 lanceolatmii, B. mairicaricefolium, and B. ternatum. 



Among flowering plants found at Holley may be mentioned Jeffer- 

 sonia diphylla, Acer spicafinii. Lobelia cardinalis, Diervilla trijida, and 

 Taxtts Canadensis. 



