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they are produced. Yet it seems likely that there was a time, 

 probably not long ago, when other species of plants, of great beauty, 

 were common upon the island, but which are not now to be found 

 there. It is hardly possible that several orchidaceous plants and 

 our three native lilies did not once embellish its woods and grassy 

 places. Within a little while the Harebell, ( Campanula rotundi- 

 folia, L. ), has gone and the Grass of Parnassus, (Parnassia Carolin- 

 iana, L .), is fast going. This is undoubtedly due to careless flower- 

 gatherers, who have plucked and pulled without stint or reason. 

 The same fate awaits the Sanguinaria, the Diclytras and the 

 TrilUums, which do so much to beautify the island, unless the 

 wholesale spoliation is soon arrested. 



The suggestion may here be made, with great propriety, that 

 pains be taken to re-establish upon the island the attractive plants 

 which it has lost. The effort would entail but little expense, its 

 success would be entirely certain and to many the pleasure of a 

 visit to the island would be greatly enhanced. It would surely be 

 a step, and not an unimportant one, in restoring the island to the 

 state in which nature left it. 



Frequent reference has been made in the Catalogue to localities 

 in the neighborhood of the Falls, but not within the boundaries of 

 the Reservation. For this, however, there is a sufficient reason in 

 the fact that if the Catalogue had been confined within the limits 

 of the Reservation, it would have been of far less value to the 

 many who are now interested in botanical science; and to them 

 alone can such a work be of much interest or value. As already 

 stated, some of the rarest plants of western New York and Ontario 

 grow in the neighborhood of Niagara river, but not within the 

 confines of the Reservation. 



Thus, it may be mentioned that in the wooded grounds adjoining 

 DeVaux College and belonging to that institution, there may be 

 found Rhus aromatica, Ait., Liatris cylindracea, Michx., Aster 

 ptarmicoides, T. & G., Asclepias quadrifolia, Jacq., and Morus 

 rubra, L. Among its rocks, perhaps there may still be found a 

 specimen of Pellcea atropurpurea, Link., Camptosorus rhyzophyllus, 

 Link., and Asplenium Triclwmanes, L. The Devil's Hole, now 

 almost inaccessible, was once a paradise of ferns — Phegopteris 

 Dryopteris, Fee, being its chief rarity. The plateau of rock, 

 which overlooks the ravine, produces Arabis hirsuta, Scop., and 

 Selaginella ruprestis, Spreng., elsewhere in this region quite 



