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"In rupibus siliceis, super vallem Palmaghat, in montibus 

 Shawangunk." 



Palmaghat is the name of a steep sided valley which cuts into 

 the front of the Shawangunk Mountains, west of Gardiner, Ulster 

 County, and south of the Wildmere House, on the summit, at 

 Minnewaska Lake. Its name is said to be Dutch for "Laurel Glen." 

 A request for permission from the owners, the Daniel H. Smiley 



Corema in bloom on top of cliff at east side of Palmaghat Valley 



Hotel Company, brought a letter from its secretary, Mr. John K. 

 Lathrop, informing us that Corema was known to him, on the 

 trail south of the \\'ildmere, on the top of the cliffs on the east side 

 of Palmaghat. 



The party making this quest was composed of "Sir. A. Tennyson 

 Beals, Mr. Carl E. Bliss, Mr. Leon W. Bowen, Air. W. Lincoln 

 Highton, Mr. Louis W. Anderson, and the writer. We reached the 

 entrance to the grounds of the Wildmere Sunday morning April 24, 

 having chosen that date with the thought that Corema would then 

 be in bloom, which proved to be correct. 



The trail led south over the summit to the abrupt sides of 



