NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



peat marsh near Hurricane Point than I have noticed. A 

 deer track leads beyond this marsh to Fairy Lake. This 

 lake is like a mountain tarn; it is surrounded by lofty 

 rocks, and is not a mere inlet from Stoney Lake, as it now 

 appears, being encircled on all sides by a stony barrier of 

 rugged rocks, some rising from the water's edge bare and 

 precipitous, or clothed with gray hoary tufts of Cladonias 

 and other lichens and mosses. In the clefts may be found 

 the somewhat rare Hairy Woodsia (Woodsia Ilvensis) and 

 the Rock Polypody (P. vulgare). The last-named is not, 

 indeed, an uncommon adornment to the rocky bluffs and 

 stony islands of our back lakes, where it enlivens the rugged 

 gray rocky surfaces with its bright glossy fronds and 

 golden fruit dots. The rocks decline to the side facing the 

 larger lake, and towards the western corner there is a bed 

 of the White Peat Moss, overshadowed by a forest of that 

 grand fern, Osmunda regalis, worthy of its regal name, for 

 here, among the soft Sphagnums, and towering to the height 

 of five and six feet, it bears above its light green leafage 

 (or should I say frondagef) its rich tufts of cinnamon- 

 brown sporangia. Beneath the Osmundas, and rising above 

 the mosses, the crimson-lipped leaves and large red flowers 

 of the Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) may be seen in 

 great perfection. 



These are but a few of the attractions of Fairy Lake, for 

 there are flowers and flowering shrubs of many kinds that 

 grow in the wild rocky soil. The beautiful spikes of the 

 rose-blossomed Spirwa tomentosa, the Hardhack of the 

 Indians, and the graceful white Spircea salicifolia, Wild 

 Roses, Goldenrods, and Asters, with many others, are 

 scattered round this lovely lakelet, rendering it a place of 

 interest to the botanist and to the pleasure-seeking tourist. 



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