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sketches were made of most of the new species while the plants % 
were yet fresh. A record of the added species, together with 
descriptions of the new ones, is marked C. 
Remarks concerning species previously known to belong to our 
flora and* descriptions of new varieties are recorded in a chapter 
marked D. 
The botanical reports have now become so numerous that an 
index to them is greatly needed, in order to facilitate reference to 
them and save time in consulting them. I have, therefore, pre- 
pared an index of the genera and species recorded in reports 
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twenty-two to thirty-eight, inclusive. It is alphabetically arranged 
and is marked F. 
Beaver dam is a body of water near to and connected with 
Beaver lake, in the eastern part of Lewis county. It was reported to 
me that the red-flowered variety of the white water lily, Nymphea 
odorota, had been seen growing there. Wishing to obtain speci- 
mens of this interesting form, the locality was visited, but only 
the same form that was found last year in Mud pond was detected 
here. The external petals are tinged with red but the inner ones 
are white. The full red-flowered variety is yet a desideratum. 
There was found, however, in Beaver lake inlet, locally called 
“The Slough,” a scarcely less interesting form of this plant. It 
has the very large flowers and leaves of the ‘tuberous water lily, 
Nymphea tuberosa, and yet the very distinct and pleasant fragrance 
of the white water lily. It is interesting, scientifically, because it 
tends to support the views of those botanists who consider these 
plants as mere forms of one species. 
A form of the northern or Canadian blueberry, Vaccinium 
Canadense, in which the fruit is jet black and shining, was 
observed growing plentifully in the cleared land and pastures near - 
Beaver lake. Thus, it happens that each one of our four common ~ 
blueberries, which contribute to supply our markets with this 
excellent fruit, has its black-fruited variety, notwithstanding the 
general application of the name “blueberries.” This variation is 
interesting and worthy of notice, because it indicates a tendency in 
these plants to vary in a part in which variation may be made the 
basis of useful improvement under proper treatment and culture. — 
The fruit is the useful part of these plants and variation in it 
indicates capability of improvement in this direction. A similar 
variation has also been observed in the fruit of the black huckle- 
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