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lected at “se great heights, as the snow lies several feet deep on the re 
peaks an ges that surround us here. In about a month we will 
able to ie alpe the seus N orth Fork of the Coeur d’ Alene River 
to collect in, one has at least the satisfaction o knowin ng that he is on 
ground on which no he has ever padcivt- collec 
“The moss flora seems to be : adesinity well developed here. To 
. rly 7 at 
nearly all conditions of climate and soil in the temperate regions of 
orth America are found here. Lichens and fungi also abound in these 
one mp woods. 
t the northeast angle of the lake, about fifty miles from here, _ oe 
Chari’ Fork of the Columbia enters the lake, there exists a grea sub- 
Seuhared whenever collecting I have searched for fertile 
stcimens of Ne ckera Menziesii, but alw = in vain, until I had begun 
delight when, a f fah 
' ys ago, I discovered e bare face Q uU: 
rite ledge a large tuft o nziesii fruiting abundan This 
ma has stimulat y endeavors to find fruiting specimens of ie other 
tile mosses I have Gollecte 
re i‘ 
“ As the season advances the species of “Hypnu um are coming to the 
front fast. T ere is an immense pect of this sie! around es and 
Cire zned i umber of the GAzETTE], but the most ee ; 
ee is that so at a a plant should have remained un 
cred by weste tanists. It is hardly to that the 
iis particular h Nuphar 
pond it is very ipo aa ng with Nup! 
Polysepalann and Brasent ia peltata among other 
