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was the plant which grew in similar places and looked a great 

 deal like the Andromeda but had the leaves hairy beneath and 

 had a very powerful odor. This question naturally interested 

 me very much and I told him that the only plant which answered 

 this description was Labrador tea {Ledum groenlandicum) and 

 further that although this plant had been attributed to New 

 Jerse^^ for a number of years yet nobody knew of any definite 

 station for it. It was vaguely attributed to Sussex County, but 

 neither at the New York Botanical Garden nor at Harvard 

 University was there any definite or further information available. 



Mr. Palmer informed me that he knew of a spot north of 

 Dover where it grew and promised to get some for me. True 

 to his promise some ten days later a bundle came to me by mail 

 containing specimens of the Labrador tea from the Station north 

 of Dover. 



As Mr. Palmer wished to show me the plant growing and I was 

 very desirous of seeing it in New Jersey, we made arrangements 

 to meet at the Dover railroad station on July 7, 191 8. The day 

 turned out to be a most pleasant one, and we went north from 

 Dover towards Mt. Hope. We took woodland paths known to 

 Mr. Palmer, and thus saved some distance, but for one not 

 acquainted with these paths the way to go would be straight 

 along the main road from Dover to Mt. Hope until one comes to 

 the cross road about i}4. miles north of Dover station. Going 

 east from this point to Rockaway this road is well travelled, but 

 going west it is almost abandoned and largely overgrown with 

 grass. However, the course is westward for about half a mile 

 until one begins going down hill slightly, when one must go along 

 an old woodland path due north through dense second growth 

 woods for about half a mile more. The path to follow is along 

 the westerly side and slightly below the top of the ridge and the 

 point to be reached is about three-fourths of a mile due north of 

 the figures 775 on the Geological Survey map, Lake Hopatcong 

 quadrangle. Reaching this point one sees immediately west 

 at the foot of the slope a dense swampy thicket with larch trees 

 in the center. It would not be suspected that there is an opening 

 in the center of this thicket and I do not believe that even a 



