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Allium tricocciini Ait.; i'uifoliiini ciuiadense (Desf.) Greene; 

 Corallorrhiza maciilata Raf. (C multiflora Xutt.); Corallorrhiza 

 odontorhiza (W'illd.) Nutt.; Adlnmia funt^osa (Ait.) Greene; 

 BicucuUa canadensis (Goldie) Millsp., abundant below the ruined 

 tower; Impatiens hiflora Walt., not near as common as Impatiens 

 pallida Nutt.; Epilobiiim adenocaidon Haussk.; Lappula vir- 

 giniana (L.) Greene, one small plant of the cliff form; CoUinsonia 

 canadensis L. and Helianthus decapetaliis L. 



November 3, 1908. Indian Ladder most of the day. Glen 

 Doon and Black creek amphitheatres in an Indian Summer's 

 haze. It was very mild in the bright sunshine. Visited the 

 grave of 



Christopher Vaxwalkexburg 



DIED 



Oct. II, 1816 

 AE 30 y'rs — MO. 



& 21 DAYS. 



There were two or three other graves that formerly had marble 

 slabs; and several graves were marked by stones from walls. 

 The little knoll on which these graves lie is about a mile from 

 the railroad station, on the private road. 



Crossed the field to the stream from Hailes' Cavern, which has 

 worn its bed through Hudson River shale, around a considerable 

 hill, at right angles to it. For some distance upstream, flowing 

 water, until one came to the confluence of the streams. Scarcely 

 any water in the stream from the cavern, and the other stream 

 must issue from under the rocks, a short distance above, for no 

 water falls over the cliffs at the head of the gulf. Indeed this 

 would only be a waterfall during very high water, but the 

 boulder-strewn way indicates a stream bed. In the valley the 

 embankments of rocks along the stream I suspect have been 

 left during high water. The climb to Hailes' Cavern is very steep 

 and obstructed with large rocks, and from the cavern to the head 

 of the western amphitheater there is no perceptible trail along 

 the base of the cliffs. There are many cavern-like openings 

 and shelves, and in one spot a green carpet of ground hemlock, 

 Taxus canadensis Marsh. Some of the rocks are green with 



