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The guide-books advertise the drive as eight miles; our 

 driver told us it was ten, adding that we might think it 

 fifteen before we reached the hotel. The first part of the 

 road was uninteresting, very hot and dusty and of the 

 roughest description. Early during the drive we found Viola 

 striata growing along the edge of a stony brook, a few 

 specimens of Phacelia parvijlora in a fence corner, and 

 Polygala Senega on the border of the woods as we began 

 the long ascent. In a small damp wood Podophyllum 

 peltatian was in flower and Caulophylliun thalictroides in 

 fruit, and near by we saw the bright, crimson stars of Silene 

 Virginica. 



As we drove along a narrow ravine higher up, we caught 

 our first glimpse of Rhododendron calendnlacetun^ yellow, 

 scarlet and crimson ; its brilliancy and great variation of 

 color were astonishing, and a constant delight to us all the 

 while we were on the mountain. 



The dainty flowers of Vacciniiim stamineum were larger 

 and whiter the higher we drove. Vacciniwn erythrocarpofi 

 and Menziesia globularis were scattered along the roadside, 

 and deep down among the dead leaves we found a few 

 late blossoms of Epigcea repens^ apparently as much at 

 home there as it is many miles nearer New York. Among 

 many groups of fine trees we noticed especially Tilia heter- 

 ophylla^ Magnolia acuminata and ^sculus lute a growing 

 together, the latter in full bloom, with swarms of bees flying 

 around its great panicles of creamy flowers. 



Along the road, near the top of the mountain, Gillenia 

 trifoliata and Cypripediwn acaiile were plentiful, and Cypri- 

 pediian parvijlortim was in its prime and very fragrant. The 

 crowning excitement of the day was the finding of the 

 beautiful Convallaria majalis and Anemone trifolia^ growing 



* Anemone trifoUa^ L. Sp. PI. (^. netnorosa^ var., A, Gray, Amer. Nat.,, vu., 

 422.) An investigation of this interesting plant was the principal cause for the 

 expedition. Mr. C'anby had collected it on Salt Pond Mountain several years 

 atgt>, and it had also h^Qxi found by Mr. Curtiss on the Peaks of Otter. A» 

 authentic specimen from Germany is preserved in our herbarium,, and I li^ 



