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Besides the species in the above list, many of which are among the 

 rarest and most interesting plants of the U. S., there are a great number 

 of species common in the west of Vermont, and of Massachusetts and Con- 

 necticut, which are entirely unknown in the eastern parts of New Eng- 

 land. Among these we may mention the Ginseng, the curious and beau- 

 tiful species of Dielyira, and the Spring Beauty, Claytonia Caroliniana, 

 which in early spring spangles the ground in the woods with its cheerful 

 and most delicate and brilliant blossoms. 



Of the four beautiful species of Lady's Slipper, only two, Cypripediitm 

 acaule and arietinum, are found in the eastern part of New England. 



Four species of TriUium are also found in Vermont, of which one, the 

 magnificent Great flowered Trillium, is found nowhere else in New Eng- 

 land. In the eastern part of Massachusetts, no species is found except 

 Trillium cernuum. 



Vermont is peculiarly rich in Orchideae. The rare and beautiful Ca- 

 lypso has been found nowhere else in the United States, and Listera 

 convallarioides in no other New England state. All the species of New 

 England are found in Vermont, except two, Tipularia discolor and Orchis 

 rotundi folia. 



Of the beautiful order of Ferns, Vermont contains two species not found 

 elsewhere in New England, Pteris gracilis and Aspidium aculeatum, and 

 several fine species which are wanting or rare in the east of New Eng- 

 land, are common in Vermont. It has all the species of New England 

 except Lygodiuin palmatum and Woodicardta onoclcoidcs. 



On the other hand Vermont is wanting in a great number of plants 

 common in the south and east of New England. Of course it is destitute 

 of all the species peculiar to the sea shore, and of all the numerous and 

 beautiful " Weeds" of the Sea. The elegant Tulip Tree, common in the 

 southwest of New England, the splendid Rosebay, and the fragrant Mag- 

 nolia, ai-e not found in Vermont. In the whole there are more than 500 

 New England species which it does not possess, of which we will only 

 mention Berberis vulgaris, Silene Pennsylvanica, Tephrosia Virginiana, 

 Phexia Virginica, Liatris scariosa, Clelhra alnifolia, Euchroma coccinea, 

 Anagallis arvensis, Hijpoxis erecta, Aletris furinosa, Lilium superbwn, 

 Poa Eragrostis, and Baptisia tinctoria. 



The number of known phainogamous plants of New England, with the 

 addition of the Ferns, is nearly or quite 1500, excluding a great number 

 of nominal species generally admitted. The number of plants of Vermont 

 of the same Orders, in the present catalogue, is 929. The whole number 

 of species of the same orders existing within the limits of the state, is 

 doubtless as many as 1100 or 1200, so that there is still a very ample field 

 for the discovery of additional species. Many species, indeed, exist on 

 the very borders of Vermont, in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 

 which we have no authority for inserting as natives of the state, and have 

 not admitted into the catalogue, although we have no doubt that they are 

 also Vermont plants. 



We must not forget to mention that the vegetation of the eastern part 

 of Vermont is greatly inferior in beauty and variety to that of the western 

 border. The pines and firs prevail more at the east, and the species of 

 forest trees are not so numerous. While the west has nearly every plant ■ 

 of the east, the east is destitute of a vast number of those of the west. 

 Among the species of Vermont plants wanting at the east, we may men- 



