to be new records for the observed flora of this area, which now 

 comprises 1,722 dift'erent identified species and varieties. 



Harold N. Moldenke 



Report on Trip to Mt. Everett, Mass., September 7-8, 1940 



Four things contributed to a successful trip : fine weather, a 

 varied and beautiful terrain, excellent food at the farmhouse of 

 Mr. and Mrs. Hunt and the presence of Dr. Svenson and Miss Rusk 

 who lent expert assistance to the amateur leader. Seventeen people 

 attended the trip. 



The first day was unusually clear with beautiful cloud effects 

 so our party visited the Dome. This is the summit of Mt. Everett, 

 next to Greylock the highest point in Massachusetts. Along the 

 trail a few hundred feet below the summit we saw Acer pennsyl- 

 vanicum and A. spicatum, Sorhus americana, Aronia melanocarpa, 

 Viburnum alnifolium, Nemopantlnis mucronata and Ruhus sp. — - 

 the last four with berries. At the summit we admired the picturesque 

 contortions of Finns rigida, its form effected by the high winds 

 at that altitude. The dominant ground cover at the summit was 

 Potentilla tridentata (the three-toothed cinquefoil) and Vaccinium 

 pennsylvanicum. Everybody enjoyed picking the delicious ripe 

 blueberries. Late in the afternoon we descended some 800 feet to 

 Guilder Pond. This pond is surrounded by the natural beauty of 

 hemlock woods and its shores lined with Anielanchier , Kahnia, 

 Myrica Gale and Virhurnum alnifolium. Many berries still remained 

 on the Cornits canadensis, Clintonia horealis, Mianthemum cana- 

 dense, and Smilacina racemosa. Cast alia odorata was in full bloom 

 and Eriocaulon, probably articulatum, was seen in the water. 



Saturday evening the leader showed some of his natural color 

 photographs of plants in this region. 



The second day the party descended to Bash Bish Falls, a wild 

 mountain gorge on the border of Massachusetts and New York. 

 In the forest around the falls the following were noted in flower : 

 Eiipatorimn urticaefoliitiit, hnpatiens hiflora, Heliantlnis divari- 

 catus, Polygonum sagittatiim, Prenanthes alba, Mentha gcntilis, 

 Desmodium niidiflorum and D. grandiflorum, Ampliicarpa monoica, 

 Collinsonia canadensis, Rubus odoratus, Hieraciiim scabrum, 

 Bidens bipinnata and various asters. The following were in fruit: 



