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tain since our departure from Blowing Rock early in the morning. 
Here was the objective point within seven miles, but required a 
walk of over fourteen miles to get near the base of the mountain. 
Traveling became better in some places and at seven o’clock we 
stood on the porch of Mr. Sisk’s house, six miles from the sum- 
mit. Spending the night here, as all visitors to this peak are 
in the habit of doing, we made an early start for the ascent. 
The eastern slope is remarkably dry and the vegetation was 
quite uniform up to the base of the peculiar rock-crowned sum- 
mit. Here and there,in the dry sand, a plant of Pogonia divari- 
cata or Sericocarpus linifolius would show itself. Pretty high 
up was a large patch of the widely scattered Pimpinella integer- 
rima and some dwarf specimens of Luzula campestris. 
The climbing of the immense rock is naturally the most in- 
teresting part of the ascent. Rhododendron punctatum thrives on 
the exposed cliffs, and higher up Lezophy llum buxtfolium formed 
a green carpet. A cleft in a large rock contained a weak, slender 
form of Arenaria glabra. Very near the summit, Scirpus c@spi- 
tosus almost covers the rocky surface, and mixed with it is a de- 
pauperate but pretty form of Panicum dichotomum. The flora 
of the top of the rock proper seems to be separated into two 
parts, the one embracing the northern half and the other the 
southern half. The most conspicuous species on the northern 
end are Vaccinium pallidum, Robinia hispida and Pogonia divari- 
cata. Тһе vegetation on the southern end is more varied. Here 
occurs the ever-present Galax aphylla, Letophyllum buxifolium, 
a peculiar, spreading form of Hypericum prolificum, Xerophyllum 
setifolium, and the rare Hudsonia montana. Calopogon tuberosus 
is common to both ends, while the exposed rocks were decked 
with a slender, wiry growth of Selaginella rupestris. 
Early in the afternoon, swarms of a small species of bee 
covered the summit of the mountain, and it is not necessary to 
say that they became quite troublesome; some insisted in getting 
into our hats, a number accompanied us more than half-way 
down the mountain, and on unpacking one of the bundles of 
Table Rock plants over two months later, one of the little insects 
walked out. 
Liquidambar styraciflua filled the woods at the base of the 
mountain, along with an occasional tree of Jex opaca. 
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