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think has not been taken notice of by Michaux, 

 & which I call T. pictum, on account of the 

 beautifull red stripes which the petals are mark- 

 ed with on their base, grows all over these 

 swamps. Kalmia angustifolia is natural to these 

 grounds, either wed or dry. It is just beginning 

 to flower- A species of Viburnum. In a small 

 run Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. — Thesium 

 corymbulosum fl. Vaccinium disomorphum, 

 resinosum, stamineum, pennsylvanicum in full 

 flower. I observed a species of umbelliferous 

 plant very common here, which seemed new to 

 me. Leaves of Epilobium augustifolium as I 

 supposed. — Before evening I found in a very 

 bogy wet piece among the shade of bushes a spe- 

 cies of Convallaria entirely new to me : It has a 

 a raceme of sparsed white flowers, & from 1 to 3 

 leaves on the stem, its roots go through the 

 spagnum & mud to such a depth, that with all 

 my endeavors I could not get one wholly out of 

 the ground. 



Jun. 14. In sight of this house there appeared 

 a high mountain or knob, called Bimble hill, 

 which I was anxious to ascend, it being only at 

 a small distance from the place I stood at ; the 

 landlord & another man made up parthie with 

 me with their rifles, to go up to it & from it to the 

 ponds, which are at a small distance from here ; 

 in ascending the mountain I observed nothing 

 new, the sides & top are composed of a thin soil 

 over loose stones & rocks ; I found on moist places 

 the Cornus canadensis up to the very top. Dier- 

 villa & the common mountain Gooseberry grow 

 among the top rocks though the country being 



