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place was at Tyoga. I proceeded on, down the 

 River, Populus tremuloides, Tilia americana— 

 Crataegus Crus-galli, Cornus aspera— & fastigiata, 

 — Thalictrum nigricans— were the plants not ob- 

 served before. The Banks on both sides of the 

 river alternately are higher & lower & the moun- 

 tains, especially on the south side — which ap- 

 proach near the river ; in some places consider- 

 able high. The timber on high places is chiefly 

 Oak, mixed in the most places with pitch pine, 

 more or less according to the soil. I staid this 

 night at Owego, a small village, situated in a 

 very beautiful I place. Close to the'water-edge of 

 the river I found plants which in foliage appear- 

 ed to be Potentilla anserina. 



July 3. — From Owego I had but 17 m. to Tyo- 

 ga point— Hieracium vcnosum, Cistus canadensis 

 Cornus fastigiata ?-the Asclepias quadrifolia-this 

 plant dit grow in the late cleared grounds higher 

 here, than I seen it any where else. -I found sev- 

 eral specimens branching out in a number of urn- 

 bellas, that it appeared to be quit a different 

 plant.— While I was walking along the river this 

 morning a black squirrel crossed the river, which 

 1 anxious to know what it were dit kill. It 

 seemed strange to me for a squirrel to take the 

 water. (Enothera fruticosa & par vi flora in flower. 

 A little after noon I arrived at Tyoga, & but up 

 at Mr. Tuttles, where I had directed my trunk 

 to be sent to ; it had not arrived. On my call- 

 ing on the post office I found a letter from Dr. 

 B. S. B. with instructions to proceed on to 

 Onondaga. 



July 4. — I took an excursion from the house to 

 the point, its meadows & banks of the river.— 



