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ciiitsi, black flics, aiul niitli^cts ; \vc soon decided that the latter 

 IkuI preempted the region and made a hasty change of base. 

 By noon we were at the foot of Boundary Lake and the iron 

 boundary post, the most northern point of Maine. 



Here we found Eatonia Pciinsj/faiiica {\)C} A. Gray, Pa)iicH- 

 laria laxa Scribn., (haf^luphoruui mclicoidaim (Michx.) Beauv., 

 Cluictochloa viridis (L.) Scribn., Carex atratifoniiis Britton, Strcp- 

 topHS amplcxifolius (L.) DC, Sangiiisorba Canadensis L., Cap- 

 noidcs scinpcrz'irois (L.) Borck., Mcntlia Canadensis glabrata 

 lienth., Vto'a septentrionalis Greene, Tetragonant/uis deflexus (J. 

 Iv Smith) Kuntze, T. deflexus heteraiitluts (Griseb.) Britton (one 

 plant), Virbiirnitin paiieijlor/nii l^ylaie, Erigeron aeris L. , Solidago 

 hispida Muhl., Euphrasia Canadensis Townsend, and Tanaeetuui 

 Hnronense Nutt. 



We hoped to find Isoetes hieroglyplnea A. A. Eaton, Seiaginel/a 

 selaginoides (L.) Link, and a red-flowered Castalia. . The wind 

 was so high that afternoon and the next day that botanizing on 

 the lake was out of the question. 



l^oundary Lake extends north and south about nine miles. In 

 Pringle's day from the foot of the lake five miles up the west 

 shore was an unbroken forest ; now it is all cultivated land, and 

 the " mossy shore under cedars " where Pringle found Selagi- 

 nella selaginoides is now the location of a thriving saw mill, saw- 

 ing the cedars. Incidentally, all of the logs driven in the St. 

 Francis and the upper St. John and most of the timber used in 

 houses is the white cedar, Thuja occidentalis L. The next morn- 

 ing, turning our backs on the wind-swept shores of Boundary 

 Lake and red pond lilies, we started down the river. This was 

 the most delightful part of the trip. Running along noiselessly 

 and using the paddle but for steering, we saw several deer but 

 no moose, although we had seen many of their tracks. 



Down the river a few miles on the Maine shore were some 

 quite large lagoons and a great marsh ; here were Carex arcta 

 Boott, yiynipliaea advena variegata, Xyinphaea hybrida Peck, 

 Nyniphaea Kahniana (Michx.) Sims, Rlianinus alnifolia L'Her., 

 Hippurus vulgaris 'L.^Myriophyllnni alternifforntn DC., etc. Thus 

 far, trout-fishing had been very poor but this morning we had 

 some fine sport. 



