86 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
counties. Clay soils occur, specially along and near 
the larger streams and in the Champlain valley. Much 
of the soil of the lowlands was deposited when the 
Laurentian glacier covered the region. : 
I began to study the ferns of this flora in 1889. Many 
other botanists have collected in the region, specially 
about Lake George. Dr. E. A. Burt collected a few 
ferns about East Galway, Saratoga Co., about 1880: 
these are preserved in his herbarium. Mr. W. N. 
Clute collected and observed several ferns, July, 1908, 
at Round Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cornell col- 
lected ferns, in 1909, near their home in Cambridge. 
Mr. Frank Dobbin has collected near Shushan. Mr. 
Wallace Greenalch, in 1900, collected ferns near Schuy- 
lerville. Dr. Chas. H. Hall collected ferns at Lake 
George (probably near Bolton) in 1876: these are pre- 
served in the Herbarium of the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- 
den. Dr. Geo. D. Hulst collected at Lake George, in 
the vicinity of Assembly Point, from 1892 to 1900: 
at the time of Dr. Hulst’s demise, the ferns were re- 
tained by Mrs. Hulst, although Dr. Hulst’s other 
collections are preserved in the Herbarium of the Brook- 
lyn Botanic Garden. A few of Dr. Hulst’s ferns may 
be found in the N. Y. State Herbarium at Albany. Dr. 
Smith Ely Jelliffe collected ferns about Huletts Land- 
ing, Lake George, in 1886, and afterwards: these are 
Preserved in his herbarium. Prof. James I. Kemp 
collected about Silver Bay, Lake George, in 1900 and 
1902. Dr. Chas. H. Peck collected ferns in the terri- 
tory; these are preserved in the N. Y. State Herbarium. 
Mr. Frank T, Pember has collected near Granville. - 
Mrs. 8. W. Russell collected ferns near Hillview, Lake 
George, in 1910. Mr. Frank G. Taylor, in 1908, col- 
lected near Easton. Mrs. E. Watrous has found inter- 
esting ferns near Hague, Lake George. Prof. C. L. 
Williams has collected at Lake George; and has a fern 
garden in Crandall park, Glens Falls. 
SUNS Sree 
