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silifolia and a great many others too numerous to mention here. 
In a number of portions of the woods the Trailing Christmas- 
green (Lycopodium complanatum) is still very abundant, not 
having been as yet discovered by hunters for Christmas decora- 
tions, and in one grassy clearing on the top of the Second Moun- 
tain there is a colony of over a hundred Fringed Gentians (Gen- 
tiana crinita), a view of whose glorious sky-blue flowers is well 
worth the arduous climb! Nature is indeed bountiful and beauti- 
ful in Washington Valley! Would that it were possible to pre- 
serve this bounty and beauty for future generations! 
New York BOTANICAL GARDEN 
