220 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
On the western shore lies Wigwam Hill, from. the 
top of which there is such a good view of the lake 
in its long extent. Whata place for an arboretum of 
native trees and shrubs, many of which are already 
there! How the ferns love to dwell among the rocks 
on the sides of such a wooded height! Further on, 
under the bridge, we come into an expanded bay 
where the waters are shallower and the aquatic life 
more abundant. Here we find for the first time the 
white water crowfoot (XR. aguatilis, L., var. tricophyllus, 
Gray), which we have in vain sought for elsewhere, and 
the shore is white with the blossoms of the interesting 
little pipewort. But the forms of life are almost bewil- 
dering in number; their variety fills us with a feeling of 
awe at the unbounded and still unknown resources of 
Nature. As we glide back along the shores traversed 
before, and watch the shadows lengthening over the 
water and the slanting sunlight gilding the hills and the 
clouds high over them, we see new objects of interest 
and realize more deeply than ever the world of beauty 
that lies close to our door, of which the following list 
forms a part. 
July 24. 401 Elocharis ovata, R. Br. Spike-Rush. 
Elymus Virginicus, L. Wild Rye. 
Rhynchospora glomerata, Vahl — Beak-Rush. 
Laportea Canadensis, Gaudich. Wood-Nettle. 
Hypericum mutilum, L. St. John’s-wort. 
