66 OTSEGO LAKE. 



masses of pollen, suspended from the top of the stigma ; folli- 

 cles smooth ; stem erect, simple, smooth ; leaves ovate, acute, 

 petioled ; those in the middle of the stem are largest, and 

 mostly in fours ; umbels two to four, terminal, lax-flowered ; 

 pedicles filiform. 



Several varieties of the Asclepidas are noted for secreting a 

 white milk-like fluid, which on being injured they discharge 

 freely from every pore. This juice is very poisonous. The 

 specimen here presented, however, has no such property. 



VIEW OF OTSEGO LAKE, NEW YORK. 



Otsego Lake, a partial view of which is represented in this 

 plate, is a small though exceedingly beautiful sheet of water, 

 lying in the county of Otsego, New York. It is about nine 

 miles in length, and varies from half a mile to one mile and a 

 half in breadth. At the foot of the lake lies the pretty village 

 of Cooperstown, a small but thriving place, containing about 

 two thousand inhabitants. Nearly in the centre of the village 

 stands Otsego Hall, the residence of James Fennimore Cooper, 

 Esq. From the windows of this mansion charming views of 

 the Lake and surrounding country may be obtained. The 

 residence of Mr. Keese, standing as it does on the margin 

 of the Lake, commands one of the finest views in the neigh- 

 borhood. 



