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quite ten more kinds, making a total of fifty, a number 
practically double that of many states. 
In the course of several summers spent in the Adiron- 
dacks in the neighborhood of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, 
Herkimer and Hamilton Counties, I have a record of 
twenty species which is given below. ‘This, of course, 
is not a complete list even for the region in question, as 
fern-hunting as a sport in competition with swimming, 
tramping, canoeing, fishing, ete., did not by any means 
come off first in my case, but there were some very 
interesting points noted in connection with the species 
found, and it would certainly be of interest to have 
observations from others who have collected in the 
Adirondacks, both to add to the list and with regard 
to other peculiarities noted. Especially if some one 
has already published an account of Adirondack ferns 
I would be glad to know of it. 
The region covered by the list is practically entirely 
woods and water. The altitude varies from about 
seventeen hundred to thirty-eight hundred feet. Prac- 
tically all that is not hill or mountain is swamp or lake. 
I have been along the shores of twenty lakes and have 
seen probably twice as many more from elevations. 
Swamps are frequent with sphagnum in most of them. 
The swamps are usually covered with larch, spruce, 
balsam, and alder, while the slopes show beech, yellow 
birch, hard maple, and ‘moose wood, mountain ash, 
with some pine and hemlock. The rock is all granitic. 
Fallen logs and large boulders are everywhere. 
The list follows: 
Osmunda cinnamomea, .O. Claytoniana, O. regalis. 
The first grows in the swamps, the second on moist 
slopes, and third along streams and sometimes on the 
lake shores themselves, Long Lake is lined in its rocky 
portions with royal fern which shows some beautiful 
color variations in September. Two cinnamon fern 
plants were seen with marked forking of the leaves and 
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