NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 
peat marsh near Hurricane Point than I have noticed. A 
deer track leads beyond this marsh to Fairy Lake. This 
lake is like a mountain tarn; it is surrounded by lofty 
rocks, and is not a mere inlet from Stoney Lake, as it now 
appears, being encircled on all sides by a stony barrier of 
rugged rocks, some rising from the water’s edge bare and 
precipitous, or clothed with gray hoary tufts of Cladonias 
and other lichens and mosses. In the clefts may be found 
the somewhat rare Hairy Woodsia (Woodsia Ilwensis) and 
the Rock Polypody (P. vulgare). The last-named is not, 
indeed, an uncommon adornment to the rocky bluffs and 
stony islands of our back lakes, where it enlivens the rugged 
gray rocky surfaces with its bright glossy fronds and 
golden fruit dots. The rocks decline to the side facing the 
larger lake, and towards the western corner there is a bed 
of the White Peat Moss, overshadowed by a forest of that 
grand fern, Osmunda regalis, worthy of its regal name, for 
here, among the soft Sphagnums, and towering to the height 
of five and six feet, it bears above its light green leafage 
(or should I say frondage?) its rich tufts of cinnamon- 
brown sporangia. Beneath the Osmundas, and rising above 
the mosses, the crimson-lipped leaves and large red flowers 
of the Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) may be seen in 
great perfection. 
These are but a few of the attractions of Fairy Lake, for 
there are flowers and flowering shrubs of many kinds that 
grow in the wild rocky soil. The beautiful spikes of the 
rose-blossomed Spirea tomentosa, the Hardhack of the 
Indians, and the graceful white Spirea salicifolia, Wild 
Roses, Goldenrods, and Asters, with many others, are 
scattered round this lovely lakelet, rendering it a place of 
interest to the botanist and to the pleasure-seeking tourist. 
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