Some of the Rarer Plants of Vermont. 485 



The face of the precipice itself would be a fine place for 

 'rare lichens, but the muddy surface of the constantly crum- 

 bling rock renders its approach very difficult. Pteris atropur- 

 purea, a fern of much beauty, grew here ; and with an 

 undetermined species of Collema, two or three lichens, else- 

 where noticed, occurred ; as likewise on the same rock were 

 seen A'rabis lyrata, Draba arabisans and Phaca RobbinszV. 

 Nor were any mosses noticed here, — although elsewhere oji 

 the mountain, beside the two species before mentioned, were 

 Hypnum umbratum and Plypnum cupressiforme in abund- 

 ance, with several others. 



The Gramineas found in the Garden were Lolium perenne, 

 Danthonia spicata, Panicum nitidum and P. depauperatum, 

 Muhlenberg«a sylvatica, Calamagrostis canadensis, and Ory- 

 zopsis melanocarpa. 



Among the more common plants, seventeen of them in 

 flower, were the following, viz. : — 



.^chillse'a millefolia, Eupatorium purpureum, 



Anemone cylindrica, Fragraria virginiana, 



•Anemone virginiana, Helianthemum canadense, 



Antennaria margaritacea, Lonlcera ciliata, 



Apocynum hypericifolium, (Enothera fruticosa, 



Artemesia canadensis, iJosa blanda, 



wisclepias cornuti, i?ubus occidentalis, 



^sclepias quadrifolia, iJubus odoratus, 



Campanula rotundifolia, JRubug strigosus, 



Circea alpina, Uilbus triflorus, 



Clematis virginiana, Solidago corymbosus, 



Cirsium lanceolatum, Solidago lanceolata, 



Eupatorium ageratoides, Fitis cordifolia. 



As we have observed already, the above list contains but a 

 part of what might be obtained by visiting the Garden at the 

 different seasons when the species make themselves conspic- 

 uous by flowering. Indeed, its geology and mineralogy 

 present not a few unusual phases to excite and reward in- 

 vestigation. But a rich return is in store for the botanist, or 

 for the lover as well as cultivator of our native plants, who 

 shall make a thorough exploration of this Garden of Eden, 

 and of its adjacent rock and mountain side. C., F. & R. 



Hingham, Oct. 3d, 1852, 



