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the rocks and boulders which had completely hidden it from our 
view below. This alpine meadow covered about 5 or more acres 
and bears the name of ‘‘Bigelow’s Lawns”. In these “lawns” we 
found growing the rare alpine sedge known as Bigelow’s sedge 
(Carex concolor), in fact the meadow was made up almost exclus- 
ively of this sedge. Scattered here and there among the sedges 
we found a number of specimens of low rattlesnake-root (Naba- 
lus nanus) and Cutler’s alpine goldenrod (Solidago Cutleri), 
neither of which attained a height of more than 3 or 4 inches and 
were yet perfectly normal and matured plants in full anthesis! 
From Bigelow’s Lawns to the summit of Washington was 
the most difficult section of our ascent. We eventually arrived 
at the very summit of Mt. Washington (altitude 6293 feet) in a 
state that was pretty close to exhaustion. We reached the Sum- 
mit House (or ‘‘Tiptop House”, as it used to be called) at 5:15 
P.M., and certainly were thankful to find a dry room and sup- 
per and bed awaiting us. 
The next morning was spent roaming about on the top of 
Mt. Washington, enjoying the wonderful view. One could see 
points in five States and Canada, and could gaze east to the 
Atlantic Ocean, west to Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks, 
south to Lake Winnipesaukee, and north to the misty outlines 
of Lake Memphremagog. 
About 10 A.M. the cog railroad train puffed up to the sum- 
mit, discharging a crowd of passengers who had come from 
Many parts of the United States and Canada to see this sight, 
but who chose the easy and comfortable method of ascent. Sever- 
al thousand tourists are brought up by this train every season. 
Our return trip was by train, 2} hours from the Summit 
House to the Base Station (at the very base of the mountain 
but still 10 miles from Crawford House). 
It was particularly interesting to note as we descended how 
gradually we left the zone of rocks and boulders and entered the 
zone of low herbs and flowers; then the region of dwarfed shrubs 
and bushes; and on into the timber zone. The upper margin of 
this timber zone was marked by most wonderful examples of the 
tenacity of living organisms in combating the elements. The 
trees were stunted and bedraggled in appearance, draped from 
top to bottom with epiphytic lichens and mosses, with not a 
Single bud on the northern side developed so that each tree 
