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trees, for all the branches that face the northwest are either worn 
off or dead. The top of the mountain was free from clouds dur- 
ing the early part of the afternoon, and a magnificent view of the 
vast surrounding sea of mountains and peaks was presented to us. 
Many miles to the west lay the Great Smoky range; most prom- 
inent in it was the Roan, and plans were at once made to visit 
that mountain the following week. 
During the intervals between trips to distant points many 
minor excursions were made nearer headquarters. Some rare 
and many common species were gathered for the sake of locality. 
Traveling over a trail through the woods a number of times a 
hemlock with unusually large leaves and cones was noticed ; 
afterwards the same thing was seen in other places. Branches 
were secured and the tree proved to be Tsuga Caroliniana. It 
is scattered over the plateau and grows in company with 7. 
Canadensis, but was not observed below 4,000 feet elevation. 7. 
Caroliniana is a beautiful tree and in some respects more hand- 
some than its northern sister. 
On the 13th of July our headquarters were filled almost to 
overflowing by the arrival of a party of friends from Salisbury, 
among whom were six young ladies. To say that we had an 
enjoyable time—as far as it was in the power of two hard-work- 
ing collectors—is a very temperate expression. 
Roan mountain, which was reached on the evening of the 
15th, yielded little that has not heretofore been recorded. But 
it was a paying trip nevertheless, for on the rocks not far from 
Lyon's bluff we came upon Arenaria Grenlandica, a remarkably 
southern extension of this alpine plant of the North, and of course 
an addition to the Southern flora. Near it were several plants 
of Ranunculus septentrionalis, with the flowers much reduced in 
size. Potentilla tridentata as far as we noticed grew on the open 
ground and not on rocks. Upon the precipitous cliffs of Lyon's 
Bluff, Sedum roseum and Scirpus cespitosus were plentiful. 
Only two plants of Lilium Grayi were noticed, but they were 
within an enclosure, upon which was a notice warning persons not 
to disturb the things within. Information came too late that it 
was blooming in a meadow beyond Linville and also between 
Blowing Rock and Boone. Handsome, but dwarfed plants of 
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