Late August and Early September 



passing boat, and showed the deep, pol- 

 ished pink of their lower sides. Thick 

 among them floated their placid, queenly 

 flowers, with their green and pink-tinged 

 sepals, and their snowy petals which pass 

 imperceptibly into the centre of golden 

 stamens. The bright red twigs of the 

 dogwood, the coral clusters of the now 

 beautiful hobble-bush and a stray branch 

 of crimson maple lightened the more 

 thickly wooded banks. 



As we left the boat, stepping upon the 

 elastic carpet of moss and pine-needles and 

 crossing a fallen, lichen-grown tree trunk, 

 we discovered the low white flower and 

 violet-like leaves of the Dalibarda, and 

 were filled with wonder and delight when 

 we found the pink, fragrant bells of the 

 Linncza still heralding the fame of their 

 great master. The tiny, evergreen, birch- 

 flavored leaves of the creeping snowberry 

 almost hid from view its spotless fruit, but 

 the peculiarly bright blue berries of the 

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