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All through the region from Clinton to the top of Washing- 
ton we found hundreds of thousands of clumps of mountain 
sandwort (Arenaria groenlandica)—whose pretty little clusters 
of white flowers, in solid mats no more than 4 inches tall, were 
crowded, it seemed, into almost every nook and cranny between 
the boulders, and gave a delightfully unexpected local color to 
the landscape. Here and there were to be found specimens of the 
black crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) in fruit, and in several 
places large beds of three-toothed cinquefoil (Szbbaldiopsis tri- 
dentata) in full bloom. 
Reluctantly leaving Mt. Clinton after a brief period of rest, 
during which time I pressed in my portable portfolio all the 
specimens which had been collected thus far, we descended a 
short way, getting back into the upper limits of the timber zone, 
and then started up the slope of Mt. Pleasant, which is 500 feet 
higher than Clinton. Just before leaving the final reaches of the 
timber zone we went through a little hollow in whose center lay 
a small sphagnum bog. Here we discovered the rare northern 
bog orchis (Lysiella obtusata) and feasted our eyes upon hundred 
of specimens of that most delicate and lovely of all flowers— 
Linnaea americana. 
Mt. Franklin is 145 feet higher than Pleasant and the trail 
up its summit was now beginning to become rough and rugged. 
Amongst the massive boulders which were found here in great 
profusion grew an infinite number of scrub birches (Betula glan- 
dulosa) and mountain alders (Alnus alnobetula). Not wishing to 
make the unnecessary trip over the very summit of Franklin, 
we skirted it on a narrow, and exceedingly slippery path, where 
one misstep might have hurled us over the edge. Nevertheless, 
€ven in such a position we were still able to observe and collect 
some specimens of Calamagrostis canadensis and Houstonia 
caerulea. 
The transition from Mt. Franklin to Mt. Monroe was mark- 
ed by a long straight ridge or saddle, not more than ten feet 
wide; and by leaving the trail for a few feet in either direction 
one was able to look down upon the verdant forest almost 4000 
feet below. Our outlook at this point extended almost 50 miles 
in either direction, in which immense area we were able to dis- 
cern only two human habitations, although others, of course, 
were hidden by the forest. We saw regions where the rain was 
