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dragon) and Peltradra Virginiea (green arrow- 

 arum). "We had Habenaria hyperborea (tall, leafy, 

 green orchis) ; the plant is described by Gray. It be- 

 longs to the far North, but the 'terminal moraine' runs 

 south of us, and we have^r had — several 'far north- 

 em' plants, such as Linnea borealis (twin-flower), 

 Chiogenes serpyllifolia (creeping snowberry), Utri- 

 eularia gibba (humped bladderwort), Cypripedium 

 reginae (showy ladies' slipper), C. candidum (small 

 white ladies' slipper) ; C. parviflorum (small yellow 

 ladies' slipper) ; C. acaule (Moccasin flower; stemless 

 ladies' slipper). 



"There was a nibbish heap near a railroad upon 

 which, for years, grew Gaura parviflora (small- 

 flowered gaura). Gray does not mention its being 

 found east of the Mississippi. 



"Andromeda polifolia (wild rosemary) grew 

 rather abundantly in our swamps at Myer's Lake, 

 two and one-half miles from Canton. It is a northern 

 shrub, rare here. Arbutus formerly grew here, but 

 now we have to go twelve miles for it. 



"The swamps close to Canton are rapidly being 

 made into celery fields." 



And since the partial failure of this crop in 

 the severe winter of 1911-12, onion culture has 

 been added. This bulb has attained wonderful 

 success in the Scioto bottoms or "black lands" 

 in recent years. 



On the water-shed of this portion of the 

 State, where the heights drained are not great, 



