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virgin forest. There is also a much greater number of the indi- 

 vidual plants of the various species. 



6. Crataegus Hill: This is a small hill-top on the Barber tract 

 about three-fourths of a mile from camp. Crataegus sp., iron- 

 wood (Ostrya virginiana (Mill) K. Koch), white ash (Fraxinus 

 americana L.), red raspberry {Ruhus idaeus, L. var., aculeatis- 

 simus (C. A. Mey.) Kegel. & Tiling.), aster {Aster macrophylhis 

 L.), boneset {Enpatorium sp.) and sedges and grasses are the 

 principal plants. 



7. Big Floating Island (Figs. 6 and 7) : This station lies on 

 the west side of Cranberry Lake near Joe Indian Island. Although 

 stationary it is a typical floating island which has arisen through 

 the massing of drift logs and other plant detritus resulting in a 

 substratum which has enabled certain hardy plants to obtain a 

 foot-hold. The vegetation represents a tj'pical floating bog and 

 consists of a heavy sphagnum matrix (8 to 10 inches deep of living 

 sphagnum) surmounted by a dense thicket -like growth of Cas- 

 sandra or leather leaf {Chamaedapline calyculata (L). Moench) 

 and sweet gale (Myrica Gale L.) and a few clusters of speckled 

 alder and an occasional larch. 



8. Grasse River Bog (Fig. 8) : This is a large bog located 

 near Silver Lake and traversed by the Gi-asse River Railroad con- 

 necting Cranberry Village and Conifer. This region is intercepted 

 by several brooks and is covered bj^ a dense vegetation which, how- 

 ever, is restricted to relatively few plants. Here and there one 

 finds almost a pure association of Carex oligosperma Michx, while 

 clumps of Cassandra, speckled alder, labrador tea {Ledum groen- 

 Inndieum Oeder), pale laurel {Kahnia poJifolia "Wang.), Andro- 

 meda polifolia L., low sweet blueberry {yaccinium ijennsylvanicum 

 hsim., Yar. angustifolium (Ait.) Gray, with some withe-rod {Vibur- 

 num cassinoides h.) and ehokeberry {Fyrus melanocarpa (Michx.), 

 Willd., dot the surface. 



9. New York State Ranger School Tract: This tract, located 

 near Wanakena, N. Y., is controlled by the New York State College 

 of Forestry. It includes an extensive burn, tote-roads, forests, 

 bogs, swamps, and streams. Owing to the type of topography, 

 over-run by high hills and depressions, it offers a wide range of 

 habitats, plant associations and most excellent collecting. Con- 

 ditions on this tract and other favorable areas in the vicinity of 

 Wanakena are somewhat comparable to Barber tract on Cran- 

 berry Lake. 



10. Bean Pond (Fig. 9) : This is a small, open-water pond 

 near the middle of an extreme type of Adirondack bog (Bray, 

 1. c. pp. 125-128) with many of the bog-plants wholly removed 

 and the more bog-tolerant species, chiefly dwarf black spruce, 

 tamarack and leather leaf, gro'wdng in a deep and compact matrix 

 of sphagnum. Small black spruce shrubs or apparent seedlings 

 growing near the pond are practically as old as the larger ones 

 or fairly large trees near the outer margins of the bog. 



