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of our collections consist of these groups, the few ferns 
and fern allies we gathered were of very great interest. 
The best “hike” which our guide, Mr. O. H. Brown, 
took us on led through the sandy bogs of Cold Spring 
and Bennett, a few miles north of the city of Cape 
May. The appearance of one of these bogs at Bennett 
will ever remain before our eyes. It was almost pure 
white with the rare orchid Habenaria nivea, with occa- 
sional patches of Sabatia lanceolata, Lachnanthes tinctoria, 
and Xyris elata. Cleser inspection of the soil revealed 
abies alopecuroides, L. inundatum var. Bigelovit, 
and the tiny ZL. carolinianum. In a ditch running 
through the bog was Jsoétes Engelmanni. 
Ancther short trip to Cape May West netted us 
Woodwardia areolata, found along roadsides, and Botry- 
chium obliquum var. dissectum. 
At Hammonton, in the central part of the state, Mr. 
George W. Bautett was our guide. We drove some 
ten miles north of the village, finding Aspleniuwm platy- 
neuron and Woodwardia virginica on the way, left our 
rig and walked down the Atsion River, the banks of 
which, for a distance of some five miles, were lined with 
Lygodium palmatum. Farther along the road we came 
to a peat bog where, after several moments of steady 
gazing at a spot indicated by our guide, we saw for the 
first time the curled fronds of Schizaea pusilla with 
the erect fertile portion. Lycopodium carolinianum was 
also here. We were very chary about gathering much 
Schizaea, as it seemed very scarce. The next day, 
however, Mr. Bassett took us to a spot where the little 
hillocks in the bog were completely covered with splendid 
plants of this rare fern. We surely took our fill of speci- 
mens and photographs. 
In July, 1917, I made another trip of a few days to 
both Cape May and Hammonton, but it was mainly 
to collect the earlier grasses and sedges. I certainly 
