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tangle of vegetation was about two or three feet; but just over 
feathery, white flower clusters of the rare Hydatica petiolaris, 
which is seen only on certain mountain tops. 
VEGETATION ON MOUNTAIN SUMMITS 
The plants found on mountain tops are apt to be peculiar in 
kind and character because of the peculiar conditions under 
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them to endure extremes. It is only when we try to grow alpine 
plants in rock es that we find how difficult it is to duplicate 
such conditions at low elevations. 
ANOTHER FINE VIEW 
bout a mile west of the lake is a rocky precipice, hee the 
brink of which one can look down over the valley of New River 
nearly ie thousand feet below. A pretty little log ee has 
been built on this ledge, the veranda of which rests on the very 
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number of brilliantly colored fleshy and woody fungi, such as 
Russula, Lactaria, Chanterel, Boletus, and Polyporus, a list of 
