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they are produced. Yet it seems likely that there was a time, 
probably not long ago, when other species of plants, of great beauty, 
were common upon the island, but which are not now to be found 
there. It is hardly possible that several orchidaceous plants and 
our three native lilies did not once embellish its woods and grassy 
places. Within a little while the Harebell, (Campanula rotund- 
folia, L.), has gone and the Grass of Parnassus, (Parnassia Carolin- 
tana, L.), isfast going. This is undoubtedly due to careless flower- 
gatherers, who have plucked and pulled without stint or reason. 
The same fate awaits the Sangwinaria, the Diclytras and the 
Triliwms, which do so much to beautify the island, unless the 
wholesale spoliation is soon arrested. 
The suggestion may here be made, with great propriety, that 
pains be taken to re-establish upon the island the attractive plants 
which it has lost. The effort would entail but little expense, its 
success would be entirely certain and to many the pleasure of a 
visit to the island would be greatly enhanced. It would surely be 
a step, and not an unimportant one, in restoring the island to the 
state In which nature left it. 
Frequent reference has been made in the Catalogue to localities 
in the neighborhood of the Falls, but not within the boundaries of 
the Reservation. For this, however, there is a sufficient reason in 
the fact that if the Catalogue had been confined within the limits 
of the Reservation, it would have been of far less value to the 
many who are now interested in botanical science; and to them 
alone can such a work be of much interest or value. As already 
stated, some of the rarest plants of western New York and Ontario 
grow in the neighborhood of Niagara river, but not within the 
confines of the Reservation. 
Thus, it may be mentioned that in the wooded grounds adjoining 
DeVaux College and belonging to that institution, there may be 
found hus. aromatica, Att., Lnatris cylindracea, Michx., Aster 
ptarmicoides, T. & G., Asclepias quadrifolia, Jacq., and Morus 
rubra, L. Among its rocks, perhaps there may still be found a 
specimen of Pellea atropurpurea, Link., Camptosorus rhyzophyllus, 
Link., and Asplenium Trichomanes, L. The Devil’s Hole, now 
almost inaccessible, was once a paradise of ferns— Phegopteris 
Dryopteris, Fée, being its chief rarity. The plateau of rock, 
which overlooks the ravine, produces Arabis hirsuta, Scop., and 
Selaginella ruprestis, Spreng., elsewhere in this region quite 
