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quadrifolia). Some of these were out of blossom, as of 
course is the arbutus, which is very plentiful in the 
season on Murray Hill. That large, showy lily (Li- 
lium superbum), with its nodding orange blossoms, is 
very abundant in many fields here. JI found one stalk 
with eighteen symmetrical flowers. 
IV. 
The drive from Mount Morris to Silver Lake, 
much of the way along the high banks of the Genesee 
River, is full of objects of interest. Soon after crossing 
the long covered bridge we reach the foot of Squawkie 
Hill. Here we drive in a winding byway into the 
woods to get a draught of water from Mary Jemison’s 
Spring. One can still trace the path from the spring to 
where her wigwam stood, and as if to be in keeping 
with the old tradition, the beautiful Indian hemp is 
growing about the premises. At the top of Squawkie 
Hill the road reaches the very edge of the precipice, 
and one gets the finest view to be had along the whole~ 
river shore. Although the Genesee runs through an 
old and thickly settled part of the State, yet its wonder- 
fully fine and diversified scenery seems to have been 
overlooked, and to have received far less notice than it 
deserves. One needs to drive along the banks, or in a 
canoe float down its rapidly changing «vaters, to appre- 
ciate it. From its source in Pennsylvania to Portage- 
