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It was discovered one day that Rocky Knob, a spur some 
five hundred feet below the plateau of Blowing Rock, is a place 
not to be despised. Here Pinus pungens puts in an appearance, 
and among it grows an unusual form of P. rigida. The tree is 
medium-sized, like many others of the same species, but the 
cone instead of having the usual flat base, is rounded, short and 
slender, of a beautiful brown tint, and looks as ifit were varnished. 
In the sandy woods Sericocarpus asteroides and Gerardia 
levigata were mingled with lusty looking bushes of Vaccinium 
vacillans, and on the rocks a few clumps of Talinum teretifolium, 
a solitary bush of Hypericum prolificum, and a small-leaved form 
of Gaylussacia resinosa. 
Another visit to Stone mountain on July 31st yielded about 
the same results as the former trip. But in the Richland valley, 
near the foot of the mountain, several good things were picked 
up. 
Near the ruins of an old house were great clumps of Sym- 
phoricarpos vulgaris, full of flowers and correspondingly full of 
bees. On the damp, moss-grown banks of the Little Branch, 
Carex Fraseri was secured again, this being the third station 
noticed. In shady situations Leucothoé Catesbei, and on more 
elevated sandy ground, опе or two bushes of Iex montana, Var. 
mollis occurred. 
On the eastern slope of Blowing Rock mountain beautiful 
specimens of Polygala Curtissii began to appear at an elevation of 
3,000 feet. Here also was Pycnanthemum Tullia, and a little 
further down on dry, sandy ground Nyssa aquatica, and plenty 
ofan Alnus which unfortunately was not collected. $ 
On August 6th, in company with Prof. W. P. Wilson, of the 
University of Pennsylvania, was made the last trip to Grandfather 
mountain. The only noteworthy plant not collected before was 
Rhododendron Vaseyi in fruit, growing on the summit of the 
mountain, and Solidago glomerata, which was just coming into 
bloom. Beginning at an elevation of about 5000 feet, where Acon- 
um reclinatum has its home, and extending almost to the very 
summit, was a wealth of the beautiful pink-purple Chelone Lyont, 
and at intervals a clump of Monarda didyma. Near the summit 
Polypodium vulgare was found sparingly growing on trees. 
