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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  together 
  with 
  other 
  matter 
  of 
  interest 
  concerning- 
  them. 
  Descrip- 
  

   tions 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  written 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  species. 
  A 
  few 
  plants 
  pre- 
  

   viously 
  reported 
  as 
  varieties 
  of 
  recorded 
  species, 
  having 
  been 
  raised 
  

   or 
  restored 
  to 
  specific 
  rank 
  in 
  the 
  Illustrated 
  flora 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  

   states 
  and 
  Canada^ 
  are 
  now 
  recognized 
  as 
  species 
  not 
  before 
  reported. 
  

   This 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  is 
  marked 
  C. 
  

  

  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  giving 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  recent 
  observations 
  on 
  

   certain 
  plants 
  previously 
  reported 
  is 
  marked 
  D. 
  

  

  Inquiries 
  for 
  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  North 
  Elba 
  having 
  been 
  

   received, 
  and 
  that 
  locality 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  heart 
  of 
  a 
  region 
  of 
  much 
  

  

  botanical 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  public 
  interest, 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  desirable 
  that 
  a 
  

   list 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  should 
  be 
  prepared 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  inves- 
  

   tigation 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  our 
  state. 
  Parts 
  of 
  the 
  months 
  

   of 
  June 
  and 
  of 
  August 
  were 
  spent 
  in 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  flora 
  

   of 
  this 
  town 
  and 
  in 
  making 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  observed. 
  Many 
  

   early 
  herbaceous 
  plants 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  June 
  have 
  disappeared 
  

   by 
  midsummer, 
  and 
  many 
  later 
  ones 
  which 
  are 
  just 
  beginning 
  to 
  

   develop 
  in 
  June 
  are 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  for 
  identificatipn 
  in 
  August. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  scarcely 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  that 
  an>i;hing 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  approxi- 
  

   mate 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  of 
  so 
  large 
  a 
  town, 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  easily 
  accessible^ 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  so 
  short 
  a 
  time. 
  A 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  northwestern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  

   was 
  not 
  visited. 
  These 
  parts 
  are 
  rugged 
  and 
  mountainous 
  and 
  

   covered 
  by 
  extensive 
  forests 
  whose 
  exploration 
  would 
  necessitate 
  a 
  

   camping 
  outfit 
  and 
  the 
  continuous 
  service 
  of 
  a 
  guide, 
  and 
  would 
  be 
  

   attended 
  by 
  greater 
  expense 
  than 
  I 
  felt 
  justified 
  in 
  incurring 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  my 
  purpose 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  list 
  include 
  not 
  only 
  flowering 
  

   plants 
  and 
  ferns 
  but 
  also 
  mosses, 
  lichens 
  and 
  fungi. 
  Lack 
  of 
  time 
  

   for 
  its 
  completion 
  will 
  compel 
  me 
  either 
  to 
  limit 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  flowering 
  

  

  