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which is as tough as leather, consequently, called " leather- 

 wood." 



EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS, or Spindle-tree, is found here. 

 It is a showy shrub with waxy, crimson fruit hanging by 

 long fruit-stalks. 



CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS grows on the mountain, in cer- 

 tain districts quite abundantly. It affords excellent brows- 

 ing for the deer, and is the plant used by the soldiers of the 

 Revolution for tea. 



ROSA. Several wild roses abound, as the Lucida blanda 

 and Carolina, with the introduced species Rubiginosa and 

 Micrantha. 



RUBUS. Several species of this interesting genus flourish 

 here. 



RUBUS ODORATUS, or Flowering Raspberry, grows in great 

 abundance and in the finest proportions. It shows a pro- 

 fusion of splendid purple flowers from June until August. 

 These flowers often exhibit a disk of two inches in diameter, 

 and are of great beauty. The Strigosus and Occidentalis 

 are found with their usual characters. 



The YILLOSUS, or High Blackberry, is found in the great- 

 est quantity. This hardy bramble flourishes wherever any 

 kind, even the poorest and roughest soil, exists. Its fruit 

 is produced in such abundance that it forms one of the crops 

 of the mountain. Some varieties occur. 



Species CANADENSIS (Dewberry) grows profusely. 



Rnus. There are several species of this genus here, as 

 the "typhina," or stag-horn sumach, "glabra," smooth 

 sumach, "copallina," dwarf sumach, and "aromatica," or 

 fragrant sumach. They are handsome shrubs with graceful, 

 delicate foliage and acid crimson fruit. The poisonous spe- 

 cies, Yenenata and Toxicodrendron, are rarely found on the 

 mountain. 



TAXUS BACCATA, variety CANADENSIS, is the American Yew 

 or Ground Hemlock. It is a prostrate trailing bush, found in 

 the gorges and on shaded precipices of the mountain. It 



