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botanist would ever have thought of tr\ing to penetrate it. 

 But Mr. Pahner had known the interi(jr of this swamp for years, 

 and it w^as into it that he guided me. As the swamp is not a 

 large one, it did not take very long to get through the thickets 

 and into the center. I was much surprised to find how much 

 open space there was in the center, and it certainly was a great 

 pleasure to see the Ledum in abundance all over the northern 

 end of the opening together with quantities of the small cran- 

 berry {Oxycoccus palustris) and small quantities of Andromeda 

 glaiicophylla. Coming out of the bog we got back on the wood- 

 land trail which curxed around to the east and hit the Mt. Hope 

 road some five eighths of a mile north of the cross-road. As a 

 matter of fact the easiest way of getting to the bog is by going 

 to this point on the Mt. Hope road and then going west, but it is 

 not so easy to give precise directions for this course as for the 

 other. 



When we reached the Mt. Hope road Mr. Palmer pointed out 

 a place where a house had once been, little more than a quarter 

 of a mile from the bog w-e had visited, and told me that his 

 father was born there, and how his father and himself through 

 their searches for sphagnum had known of this bog for many 

 years. 



Palmer's bog, as I am calling this interesting locality, \\'\\\ in 

 all probability remain permanently undisturbed, and as it is an 

 easy trip from Dover should be visited by our Xew York bot- 

 anists. 



I might add that while Labrador tea is reported from Xew 

 Jersey in Britton's & Brown's Illustrated Flora 2: 557, yet Dr. 

 Britton did not know of any definite locality for it, but was under 

 the impression that his record must have come from Dr. Porter. 

 The herbarium of the latter has how^ever thrown no light on the 

 point. Inquiry from Dr. Fernald as to the source of the record 

 in Grab's Manual (7 Ed.) 630, brought back the answer that this 

 record was taken from Dr. Britton. These inquiries by me 

 were made when Mr. Taylor was getting up the data for his 

 local flora; and as all my attempts to get information as to the 

 occurrence of Labrador tea in Xew Jersey then proved fruitless. 



