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Lonicera (?) in bloom, rhubarb, potatoes, poppies, and young 

 cabbages, Caragana Sibirica, and either a geranium or a malva. 

 In another garden I observed tuUps, phlox, forget-me-nots, 

 Sorbus, and, on a new lawn, a bunch of Corprimis. On a drive 

 a couple of miles inland to see the hot springs where the women 

 wash their clothes, I noticed patches of pink thyme in among 

 the stones, and, where the ground was wet, cotton grass and real 

 grass and a number of little inconspicuous things were taking 



Fig. I. On the road between Reykjavik, Iceland, and the Salmon River. Pink 

 thyme, Statice and Silene maritima. Polygonum viviparutn and some other little 

 plants growing in scattered clumps among the stones. 



advantage of favorable conditions, such as Statice maritima, 

 Silene maritima and ^. acaulis, Polygonum viviparum,, Alchemilla 

 alpina, Galium verum, and Tofieldia palustris. 



There was a pony race in the afternoon after a very good con- 

 cert, and it took place on a great level plain which was one mass 

 of little stones with about a dozen plants in a square yard ; a 

 desolate spot but gay with people gathered from the ends of the 



