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August 1st. The entire party embarked in a speedy 

 motor boat for an all-day trip, collecting at several points 

 along the east shore of the lake as far as Kineo Point, passing 

 between Sugar and Deer Islands. 



The first landing was made at Bolton Cove, in Sandy 

 Bay. Here a very small colony of Nuphar americana and a few 

 plants of Potamogeton epihydrus were found in water about six 

 feet deep. The shore was clothed with Carex arcta, while 

 in the woods was an abundance of Thuja occidentalis , Ribes 

 lacustre and Viola Selkirkii. Viburnum pauciflorum was com- 

 mon and Acer pennsylvanicum was numerous and of large size, 

 one tree being noted with a trunk diameter of fully six inches. 

 Along the tote road was Plantago major, Prunella vulgaris and 

 Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum . 



A second landing was made at Beaver Brook, on the 

 northeast side of Burnt-jacket. Here (where lunch was eaten) , 

 through a dry pine wood that bordered the shore of the lake, 

 the field of an abandoned farm on the hillside gleamed forth, 

 visible far up the lake, like a green island in a dark ocean of 

 forest. Among the plants of this station were Carex arcta, 

 easily the most abundant sedge of the lake margin, Carex 

 lenticularis , Carex Pseudo-Cyperus, both scarce, and in the pine 

 hemlock woods Corallorrhiza maculata, Medeola virginiana; 

 along the lake shore Potentilla palustris, not common; in the 

 old field were found Alnus crispa, var. mollis, Corydalis sem- 

 pervirens, and by the stone wall Galium boreale; by the barn, 

 where very likely planted by the robins, now gorging them- 

 selves with its rich, ripe berries, Sambucus racemosa. 



At Kineo Point very large areas of Polygonum amphibium 

 floated in the shallow water, with a dense carpet of Potentilla 

 palustris lining the water's edge, and the shore was fringed 

 with an abundance of Juncus effusus, var. Pylaei. Along the 

 sandy peninsular of Kineo Point Pinus resinosa was frequently 

 noticed, and one plant of Carex aenea was found; Vaccinium 

 Vitis-Idaea, var. minus, was growing just above the water line 

 in sandy soil; in the swampy places Carex Tuckermani was in 

 great abundance. 



August 2nd. The day was spent in the vicinity of Squaw 

 Brook and in the ascent of Squaw Mountain. The rich, moist 



