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cident' did not happen to occur on that one. On the other hand, 

 when there is a series of peaks like the Catskills, the plant surely 

 got onto some of them shortly after the glacial period, and thrived 

 there for a time until the forest invaded the mountain when it 

 died out. Its absence on Mt. LeConte can be similarly explained, 

 namely it was there once, but was subsequently killed out by the 

 advance of the forest. Of course even on forested mountains there 

 are some bare ledges, but if the plant did not happen to reach these 

 particular ledges in time, it would not be preserved there." 



Mr. Taylor, reporting on Sibbaldiopsis on Overlook Moun- 

 tain, says: "Mrs. Taylor and I did not appreciate that this 

 plant was a special rarity in the Catskills. In September we 

 found the plant (not in bloom) on the easterly top rocky cliff 

 on Overlook. We followed the trial from the old burned hotel, 

 up along the edge of the easterly rampart where we found the 

 plant growing strongly on the exposed ledges. We checked 

 the plant, upon our return home, against Britton& Brown. The 

 plant was a new find for us and we were quite pleased with 

 our discovery. The elevation was about 3100 feet." 



Mr. Taylor's location is one of the most exposed spots in the 

 Catskills, with the full sweep of the winds down the Hudson 

 Valley, and is probably the only place in the region left that is 

 bleak enough to please Sibbaldiopsis. 



My report that this plant was threatened with extermi- 

 nation on High Point, on Kittatiny Mountain, the only stand 

 in New Jersey, owing to the construction of a huge monument 

 to the war veterans of the state, interested two persons who pro- 

 pose to try to save or restore it. Mr. J. A. Allis, of Upper Mont- 

 clair, N.J. , said that if it proves after the construction of the 

 monument is finished and the ground cleared up, that none of the 

 species is left, he will bring some from the northern mountains 

 and replant it there, in some place where visitors will not dis- 

 turb it. Major W. A. Welch, General Manager of the Palisades 

 Interstate Park, has urged John J. Stanton, secretary of the 

 High Point State Park Commission, to preserve and restore 

 the natural mountain top turf after the debris of construction 

 and laying out of the automobile road and parking place is 

 cleared, and Mr. Stanton has promised to do it. So we shall 

 see if any of the plant is left, and report accordingly, and if not 

 Mr. Allis will restore it. 



HoLLis, Long Island 



