THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
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gives a retrospective glance to the trips of the past season or 
turns over the pages of his notebook. He can hear the tinkle 
of the waterfall where he first lighted upon some rare plant, 
or the song of the veery, that made the woods melodious 
where he found some other long-looked for specimen upon his 
evening stroll. 
It was my privilege to take such a trip during the past 
summer in the company of Mr. S. H. Burnham of the New 
York State botanical department. It was in that beautiful 
region about the head of Lake Champlain — so rich in historical 
interest and associations. Add to this scene the drowsy haze 
of August, when summer having passed the climacteric pauses 
yet awhile ere she gives place to autumn. On such a day we 
rowed slowly down the creek which enters the head of South 
Bay, the upper extremity of Lake Champlain. Here we made 
many interesting finds, as this little stream is particularly rich 
in the water plants. The first to attract our attention was the 
white water crowfoot, (Batrachium divaricatum) . Farther 
down the creek I saw for the first time the great bladderwort, 
(Utrictilaria vulgaris) in flower. This was found in a backset 
of the creek proper and here the water was so choked with 
water plants that it was hard to force the boat through their 
clinging masses. The most conspicuous was the water milfoil, 
(Myriophyllum heterophyllum) — resembling when in the 
water nothing so much as the tail of an angry cat. In this 
tangle of aquatic plants we also found that somewhat rare 
water-loving composite, the water marigold, (Bidens Beckii) 
just coming into flower. Here also was the ivy-leaved duck- 
weed, (Lemna triscula), the waterweed, (Elodea Canadensis) 
as well as the common water shield, (Brasenia peltata). We 
also noted two of the yellow pond lillies, (Nuphar Kalmiana) 
and the red-disked Nuphar hybrida of Peck. 
Farther down the stream where it passes along the foot 
of diameter Precipice, which towers up nearly 1300 feet on the 
