Vlll FLORA OF NEW JERSEY. 



The wonderful variety of soil, the differences ©f elevation, and the wide 

 range of temperature, combine to give rise to one of the most varied and 

 remarkable Floras of the Western Continent. 



The cedar swamps with which the pine regions are besprinkled, are 

 the homes of some of the most beautiful and remarkable individuals of 

 the flora of the temperate zones. There the Pogonia, the Hahenaria, the 

 Orchis, the Arethusa, the Calopogon, and the Sarracenia flourish ; while 

 the forests of the north and the middle, are adorned with the Lirioden- 

 dron, the Magnolia, the Ilex, the Kalmia and the Rhododendron. 



