TORREY A 
Vol. 31 November-December, 1931 No. 6 
A trip to the White Mountains of New England 
Harotp N. MoLpENKE 
During the latter part of August, 1927, I was privileged to 
make a short botanizing tour to the New England States, in- 
cluding a trip through the White Mountains of Vermont and 
New Hampshire. 
Starting our trip in the Carolinian life-zone of New Jersey 
we soon entered the Alleghanian, and the transition was most 
surprisingly noticeable. Among the most interesting plants ob- 
served along the way were the purple loosestrife (Lythrum sal- 
icaria) or ‘‘willow-weed”’ of Tennyson’s “The Brook’’—a plant 
whose exquisite beauty I never appreciated until I saw it in 
great purple colonies in New York marshes and meadows, and 
the birdfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) which was often ex- 
tremely abundant along the roadsides and showed the usual var- 
jation in the color of the corollas. The tall coneflower (Rud- 
beckia laciniata) was abundant and later on, in northern New 
York, we were charmed by the sudden appearance of J uniperus 
sibirica. This beautiful little evergreen grows in a most char- 
acteristic manner—forming a large closed circle with the rooting 
ends of the stems inward and the branches all growing outward, 
leaving what is often an open center several feet in diameter. 
The leaves are white above and green beneath, causing these 
colonies to be quite conspicuous features of the landscape. In 
connection with these dwarf junipers we found that we were 
also in one of the territories of the American larch (Larix lari- 
cina), which was easily distinguished from the many other spe- 
cies of evergreens by its very irregular growth, crooked branches, 
and short clustered needles. : 
After exploring the wonders of Ausable Chasm and taking in 
the sights of the large Silver Fox Farm there, we crossed the 
shimmering expanse of Lake Champlain and soon found our- 
Selves in the heart of the majestic, never-to-be-forgotten White 
Mountains, which cover practically the entire States of Ver- 
mont and New Hampshire. The scenery here was the most won- 
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