Vol. XXIII March, 1920 No. 2 



THE MOSSES OF THE LAKE GEORGE FLORA 



Stewart H. Burnham 

 The region covered by this flora includes the counties of Washington, Warren, 

 and Saratoga. A few additional records in the county of Essex at Ticonderoga 

 and Crown Point; and in Hamilton county, at Blue Mountain Lake, are also 

 given. I collected my first mosses about 1892; these were determined in Janu- 

 ary, 1893, by Prof. John M. Holzinger, and my interest in the Musci was awak- 

 ened. 



Many specimens have been determined by Mrs. E. G. Britton; Prof. J. M. 

 Holzinger; Mr. George B. Kai er; and Miss Edith Warner. The Sphagna have 

 been determined by Dr. A. L. Andrews; and by Dr. Carl Warnstorf, May 13, 

 1902 and April, 1903. Specimens determined by Mr. Kaiser are preserved in the 

 moss herbarium of the Sullivant Moss Society. No attempt has been made to 

 work over the ample collections made in West Fort Ann during 1918. 



Many other botanists have collected in this region, especially about Lake 

 George. Mrs. E. G. Britton (nee Miss E. G. Knight), collected a few mosses at 

 Blue Mountain Lake in July, 1881 ; also a few mosses at Ticonderoga and Crown 

 Point in 1900 and 1901: these are preserved in the Herbarium of the New York 

 Botanical Garden and the Columbia Herbarium. Hon. George W. Clinton 

 collected mosses at Luzerne and Saratoga Springs, — these are recorded in New 

 York State Cabinet Report 20, 1867, and are partly preserved in the New York 

 State Herbarium at Albany. Mr. Frank Dobbin, since 1904, has collected many 

 mosses near Shushan. 



Mr. Wallace Greenalch, during 1900 and 1901 , collected mosses near Schuyler- 

 ville. Mr. Greenalch wrote me April 19, 1902, that, "most of the mosses listed 

 in The Bryologist for July, 1900, as collected by me 'in and near Schuylerville, 

 N. Y.' were collected not only at Schuylerville, but in diflPerent parts of New 

 York State, namely: Indian Lake, Hamilton Co.; Ithaca; Watkins; Portage 

 and Pattersonville ; but all were erroneously credited to Schuylerville. I have 

 collected mosses but little about Schuylerville and have kept no list of the more 

 common mosses. " Among the mosses listed in The Bryologist for July, 1900: 



The January number of The Bryologist was published March 24, 1920. 



