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white balls of cephalanthus, high bush blueberry, {Vaccinium 

 corymhosum), the fragrant swamp honeysuckle, {Azalia viscosa). 

 Candleberry bay {Myrica Carolinensis) . "Sweet fern" or "sweet 

 gale" {M. asplenifolia or Comptonia peregrina). 



In late May or early June, in certain rather dry sandy places 

 and under the tall bushes is a colony of the tall stemmed pink 

 lady slipper {Fissepes acaulis). 



Later in the summer, orange and lavendar milkweed {Ascle- 

 pias intermedia and Asclepias tuherosa) and several varieties of 

 Solidago peep out from the tangle that the catbrier {Smilax 

 glauca) makes in the low bushes. Here also climbs a lovely 

 perennial lathyrus that should be LatJiyrus latifolius, and it 

 probably is, but the blossoms are always a bright deep pink (not 

 at all purple) and the leaf has four leaflets, — the vine is an 

 unusually pretty green and has very wide winged stems and 

 long branching tendrils. It thrives in my garden and in the 

 richer soil often grows to a length of three yards. It seems 

 worth of some attention from the horticulturists. 



In the dry sand among the bay bushes there is a little asso- 

 ciation of the delicate polygala, Polygala viridescens and an 

 occasional spiral of the fragrant little orchid, Ibidiiun Beckii. 



Great clumps of Osmuda regalis grow in the shallow water at 

 the east end of the pond. One must go early in the season to 

 watch the royal leaves unfurl and to see each leaflet mirrored in 

 the still water. Here in August among these ferns is the "pink- 

 purple" loostrife (Decodon verticillatus), Tennyson's "willow 

 herb," — this plant forms a curious cork-parenchyma-like sub- 

 stance at the base of the submerged stems. 



From the rich muck at the bottom of the pond, the long 

 stemmed, purple lined leaves and fragrant lilies of Castalia odo- 

 rala rise to the surface of the water and spread out their shining 

 waxy-green leaf surface to cover almost two thirds of the pond. 

 Thousands of creamy lilies lift their faces to the sun ; and as the 

 sun's rays visit them they seem to absorb the light, until it 

 shines again from their golden hearts. Castalia has even invaded 

 the occasionally submerged beach. Sometimes one may gather 

 it dry shod. 



Far back on the south side of the little lake is a high bank 

 with rocks and trees — on the north side nearer the sea is a low, 

 gently sloping beach of coarse wet sand, frequently submerged. 

 Here is the only station for Sphagnum in this immediate locality. 



