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Berried Elder (Sambucus pubens) an attractive object at Mack- 

 inac and northward, Snowball (Viburnum opulus), Bear Berry 

 (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), Sheep Laurel (Ealmia augustifolia), 

 which, with its beautiful and showy pink flowers, is very abun- 

 dant at Thunder Bay, Trailing Red Cedar (Juniperus Virgini- 

 ana var. humilis), Juniper (Juniperus communis), American 

 Tew (Taxus baccata var. Canadensis). Of herbaceous plants 

 attractive for the beauty of their flowers or the peculiarity of 

 their foliage may be mentioned the Wild Columbine (Aquilegia 

 Canadensis), more desirable than the foreign species, White 

 Pond Lily (Nymphcea odorata) the various species of Violets, 

 American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea), Dodder (Cus- 

 cuta Gronovii), Sundew (Dro&era rotundifolia), Fringed Poly- 

 gala (Polygala paucifolia), Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis), 

 Goat's Rue (Tephrosa Virginiana), Silver Weed (Potehtilla an- 

 serina), Great Willow Herb (Epilobium augustifolium), Evening 

 Primrose (CEnothera biennis), Wild "Valerian (Valeriana sylva- 

 tied), Blazing Star (Liatris spicata), Silky and Azure Asters 

 (Aster sericeus and A. azureus), Compass Plant and Prairie 

 Dock (Silphium laciniatum and S. terebinthinaceum), Cardinal 

 Flower (Lobelia cardinalis), Syphilitic Lobelia (Lobelia syphili- 

 tica), Painted Cup Cast'Uleia coccinea), Hairy Puccoon (Lithot- 

 permum hirtum), Moss Pink (Phlox subulata), Fringed and 

 White Gentians (Gentiana crimta and G. Alba), Pleurisy Eoot 

 (Asclepias tuberosa), Flowering Spurge (Euphorbia coroUata) 

 Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis), Large Eound-leaved Orchis 

 (Platanthera orbiculata), Yellow Fringed Orchis (P. ciliaris), 

 Large Purple Fringed Orchis (P.fiimbriata), Grass Pink (Calo- 

 pogonpulchellus), Showy Lady' 's Slipper (Gypripedium specta- 

 cle), Turk's Cap Lily (Lilium superbum), Spiderwort (Trades- 

 cantia Virginica) and Maiden's Hair Fern (Adiantum pedatum). 

 Among climbing and trailing plants may be mentioned, besides 

 our native" grapes and the trailing Bearberry, Red Cedar and 

 Tew our far famed American Ivy (Ampelopsis quinguefolia), 

 oar Virgin's Bower (Clematis Virginiana), the Climbing Bitter 



