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sparsisque — Pjrola rotundifolia (:afl:) Pentefce? 

 mon pubcscens in great plenty — Hydrangea vul- 

 garis (:afl:) Hieracium venos. Among all the 

 plants the Rubns odoratus made a most bril- 

 liant show; its beautifull, crimson'or rose colored 

 flowers among the very large showy leaves, orna- 

 ment those steep hills in a most elegant manner. 

 TheRibes Cynosbati with prickly fruit grows plen- 

 ty among the rocks, Lobelia Claytoniana very fre- 

 quent & the first specimen of Orchis fimbriata 

 beginning to open its flowers ; this is a very 

 different plant from the tall sort I collected last 

 year in the natural meadows on the Alleghan- 

 ny ; I suppose this last one Muhlenburg has 

 calld Orchis dentata, or incisa, I cannot re- 

 collect which. Buttermilk Falls is a small creek 

 coming out of a pond on the mountains ; it runs 

 over a bed of rocks & forms a number of falls, it 

 is calculated by nature for mill seats, several of 

 them have been erected on it chiefly Saw mills. 

 From here the timber begins to be chiefly 

 Hemlock mixed now & then with Beach . 

 I came as far as one Wm, Wall, where T lodged ; 

 this place is near the waters of Tunkhannock creek 

 where the Beachwood properly beginns. — The 

 rocks & stones in this tract of country are gene- 

 rally a coarse grained limestone granit mixed in 

 several places with wacke & glimmer; In the 

 creeks and small runs peples of a basaltick 

 blackish blue wacke, quit clear of any quarz or 

 glimmer are frequently found. Large lumps of 

 budding stone, mixed of various coloured peples, 

 laying in a bed of gray clay mixed with coarse 



