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up high cliffs brought us into the heart of that wonder- 
ful flora. Here, in shady crevices of the rocks. we came 
upon the delicate plants of Asplenium viride and Woodsia 
glabella. Woodsia ilvensis, of course, was there, and 
in the woods at the base of the cliffs, Polystichum Braunii. 
The following morning I took a hike up to the summit 
of Mt. Mansfield, finding the fern flora much as on the 
Adirondack peaks—mostly stubby Lycopodiums. 
We then struck east to the Connecticut River and 
followed this to Greenfield, Mass., calling upon various 
fern enthusiasts upon the way, one of whom was Mr. 
Underwood, the Treasurer of the American Fern Society. 
After‘a beautiful run.over Hoosac Mountain and through 
the Berkshires, with a stop at Albany, we made for the 
Fulton Chain of Lakes in the southwestern part of the 
Adirondacks. The best finds here were Aspidiwm 
simulatum at Quiver Pond and some Aspidium hybrids; 
on the sandy shores of Otter Lake we came upon Lyco- 
podium inundatum once more. 
WEsTERN NEw YORK 
Naturally, during the year covered by this article, 
I made frequent trips in the vicinity of Rochester. 
Ferns more or less common in this region, as well as in 
Central New York, are Adiantum pedatum, Aspidium 
cristatum, A. cristatum var. Clintonianum, A. marginale, 
A. noveboracense, A. spinulosum, A. spinulosum var. 
intermedium, A. eee Asplenium Filix-femina, 
Cystopteris Frauen and C. bulbifera, Onoclea sensibilis, 
O. Struthiopteris, Phegopteris Dryopteris, Polystichum 
acrostichoides, Pteris aquilina, Osmunda cinnamomea, 
O. Claytoniana, O. regalis, Botrychium virginianum, 
Equisetum arvense, E. hyemale, E. Auviatile, E. syl- 
vaticum. ; 
Ferns that I found in less abundance in Western 
New York were Camptosorus rhizophyllus, Asplenium 
