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ing times, as one has to stumble over old cans 

 and broken crockery — kindly covered by the 

 summer with a mantle of vines — before reach- 

 ing the moist lowlands. It is not surprising 

 that its friends are anxious to rescue this bog 

 from such a fate. 



In spring the False Asphodel (Tofieldia 

 glutinosa), Red Wood Lily (Lilium Philadel- 

 phicum), Blazing Star (Chamaelirium luteum), 

 and others mentioned above are found here, 

 with hundreds of others more commonly seen. 



Almost the first thing I noticed was the 

 wide carpeting of Grass of Parnassus maturing 

 for bloom. Zygadenus and Omithogalum were 

 still in bloom. Poison Sumac was seen, and the 

 Cranberry. Looking close to the ground, the 

 Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) spread its rusty 

 coloring. Every tiny hair of the fringe of 

 glands bore a drop of dewy secretion which 

 glistened in the sun and threw out attractive 

 lure to the insect life, which is thus captured 

 to nourish this curious plant. 



No attempt can here be made to mention 

 all the species of plant life here seen, but the 

 surprise and pleasure afforded by a wide space 

 covered by the brilliant spikes of Gay Feather 

 (Lacinaria spicata) must not be forgotten. 



My companion informed me that Mr. Ed- 

 ward S. Steele, a botanist of Washington, D. C, 



