IN AUDUBON'S LABRADOR 



plate of the Fringilla Uncolnii, to which I have 

 put three plants of the country, all new to me 

 and probably never before figured; to us they 

 are very fitting for the purpose, as Lincoln 

 gathered them." These plants are the pale 

 laurel, the northern dwarf cornel, and the 

 cloudberry, or bake-apple as it is called by 

 the English-speaking people of Labrador, 

 Newfoundland, and Cape Breton, Chicoutai 

 is its Indian name and it is so called by the 

 Acadians along the southern coast of the 

 Labrador Peninsula. It is circumpolar in its 

 distribution and is found in the northern parts 

 of the Old World as well as in the New. It 

 belongs to the raspberry family and resembles 

 a large berry of that group; it is red when 

 nearly ripe, but turns yellow when it is ready 

 to eat. It is much esteemed by the natives, 

 but its flavor, to one unaccustomed to it, is 

 not attractive. It makes, however, an excel- 

 lent preserve, although somewhat seedy withal. 

 In the spring its two or three large leaves and 

 single white flower are conspicuous in the moss, 

 and in the summer its handsome fruit is very 

 prominent. 

 On the afternoon of June 28, following a 

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