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new rum and prevent nausea ; ragweed, accused of causing hay- 

 fever ; primroses, plaintain, snake's head, buttercup, cowslip, 

 wild pink, chickweed, Indian mallow, field and wood sorrel, twin 

 Linnsea, jewel weed, may weed, touch-me-not, deadly nightshade, 

 wild carrot, wild parsnip, wild strawberry, yellow gerardia, etc. 

 Besides these and many others we have lovage, liverwort, sweet 

 Sicily, baneberry, joint-weed, bind-knot weed, vervain, skull-cap, 

 hoarhound, crowfoot, horse-radish, mustard, blue harebell, wild 

 honeysuckle, colt's-foot, tansy, bell wort, queen of the meadow, 

 and others unnamed but not unknown. Of parasitic plants we 

 have the curious form known as the "Dodder." We have also 

 growing here the dog-tooth violet, which is really a lily, as well as 

 several native orchids, among them the so-called Lady's Tresses, 

 the pink Arethusa, and the most exquisitely beautiful flower of 

 our wild collection, the Pogoiiia ophioglossoides. 



For a full list of ferns and cryptogamic plants we refer the 

 reader to the text-books, since any attempt to array them here 

 would be a servile reproduction. Should our brief and inade- 

 quate account serve to arouse in others a love of forest and field 

 lore we shall be contented ; and we venture to indulge the hope 

 that some one better fitted will soon prepare an elaborate and 

 more exhaustive monogragh of our local flora. 



