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those do who have all the advantages of hourly intercourse with 

 the world. It is a healthy place also, and the people welcome stran- 

 gers to their midst with the characteristic hospitality of the 

 county. Space will not admit of the list of plants made here, 

 but the more rare ones were Pyrola rotundijolia and secanda, with 

 their lovely varieties; also P. minor. Vaccinia m cccspitosum, V. 

 uUginosum, ( (Mr. Niles), and Pyrus sambuci- 



folia. The swamps at this place afford several orchids ; these dark, 

 damp places are favorable to this family of plants. Habenaria trrbi- 

 culata often grows two feet high, with leaves seven by nine 

 inches ; H. viridis also very large. H. obtasata arid Listera con- 

 vallarioides abound here. It is hard work to procure them, re- 

 quiring many a tumble and scratch, and the thought must often 

 come to the mind of the most practical, Does it pay ? Why all 

 this toil for "weeds" which haw: little beauty save to the eye of 

 the botanist? Yes, it does pay; our natures evermore grow 

 young among the primitive pines. The scenery is wild and the 

 silence oppressive. Some of the swamps seem like ponds filled 

 with trees ; the fallen ones often form pens, and how to get along, 

 though armed to the teeth with waterproof and rubber boots, one 

 does not know always. Suffice it to say that people who care to 

 visit such places find their way out of them feeling well paid for 

 the trouble. It is interesting to trace the outlines of large trees 

 in the primitive woods. Some have a little bark left, while in 

 other cases there is merely an outline of green or brownish dust. 

 "How old are you?" I asked, half frightened at the sound of 

 my own voice. I did not see a snake either year, and the squir- 

 rels and birds did not seem startled, as they do elsewhere. There 

 are but few flowers in the pathless woods ; many a' hard day's 

 work was lost in search of plants in the primitive forests, but in 

 the " clearings " they are more abundant. The banks of the 

 rivers and ponds furnish more still. St. Francis, 18 miles further 

 up the St. John river, afforded me a white form of Pranas Penn- 

 sylvania, Rh 1 helioscopia, Pokntilla 

 jrigida, Gcntiana Andrc:csa,' Juncns Vascyi, Grafhcphorum mcii- 

 coidis, and Triticum repens. The small islands in this neighbor- 

 hood are rich in interesting work. On the way " out" in Septem- 

 ber I gathered Goodycra Menziesii and Botnchinm ianccolatnm ; 

 at another place B. simplex was abundant, and at Houlton Lappa 

 officinalis vars. major and tomentosa. The former grows five feet 

 liigh and the lowest leaves often measure more than 18 inches 

 across. These are but few of the many interesting plants which 

 grow in this fascinating county. Go and sec— Kate Furbish. 

 . Botanical Notes.— J. C. Arthur in Vol. m of the Proceed- 

 ings of the Davenport Academv of Sciences, publishes " Con- 

 tributions to the Flora of Iowa, No. iv," in which he adds 

 [orty-three native and six introduced species to his previous 

 lists. Descriptions are given of such as are not found in Gray's 



